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Internal Cutting of a Narrowed Urethra

Minnesota 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?

$3,481

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,481 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$851$537 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,479 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $537 to $7,079Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,820
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $851

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
$229.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,073.80
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 26th of 50

$3,481

$851 physician + $2,630 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.