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Internal Cutting of a Narrowed Urethra

Missouri 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?

$2,279

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,279 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$501$295 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,122 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $617 to $4,898Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $501

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
$501.19
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 38th of 50

$2,279

$501 physician + $1,778 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.