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Internal Cutting of a Narrowed Urethra

South Carolina 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?

$5,761

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,761 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$513$302 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$676 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $331 to $16,218Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $240 to $708
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $513

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
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,096.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 4th of 50

$5,761

$513 physician + $5,248 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.