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Internal Cutting of a Narrowed Urethra

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 52275

A thin telescope is passed along the urethra into the bladder so the doctor can see inside, and a narrowed, scarred segment of the urethra is cut open from within to widen it. Everything is done through the natural opening, with no external incision. It relieves a slow stream, straining, or incomplete emptying caused by the narrowing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Internal Cutting of a Narrowed Urethra cost?

$2,877

Typical total for the visit. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,877 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$275 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,413 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $603 to $15,136Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $245 to $794
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,399professional $479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$371.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,818.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Kentucky· 32nd of 50

$2,877

$479 physician + $2,399 facility

IN $6,811MD $864

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.