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Internal Cutting of a Narrowed Urethra

North Dakota 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?

$1,099

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,099 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $537 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$479 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$537$251 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $229 to $5,129Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $537professional $562

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
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 48th of 50

$1,099

$562 physician + $537 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.