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Steroid Injection Into A Narrowed Urethra

Arizona 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?

$2,087

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,087 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$309$209 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$912 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,370Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $309

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
6 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
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$31.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 25th of 51

$2,087

$309 physician + $1,778 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.