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Steroid Injection Into A Narrowed Urethra

Arkansas 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?

$1,546

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,546 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$316$269 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$933 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,570Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $200 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $316

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$36.31

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 43rd of 51

$1,546

$316 physician + $1,230 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.