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Internal Cutting of a Narrowed Urethra

Virginia 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?

$3,291

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,291 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$282 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$427 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $282 to $8,318Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,122
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $537

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
$426.58
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,071.52
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 28th of 50

$3,291

$537 physician + $2,754 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.