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Steroid Injection Into A Narrowed Urethra

Alaska rates for HCPCS 52283

A telescope is passed along the urethra so that steroid medicine can be injected directly into a scarred, narrowed section of the passage. The steroid softens the scar tissue and slows it re-forming, which helps a narrowing stay open after it has been treated.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Steroid Injection Into A Narrowed Urethra cost?

$3,249

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,249 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$794$537 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,950 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $8,913Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,585
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $794

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,089.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,235.94
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Oklahoma than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 10th of 51

$3,249

$794 physician + $2,455 facility

OK $5,867MT $745

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.