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Steroid Injection Into A Narrowed Urethra

Colorado 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?

$4,754

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,754 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$288 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,188 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $8,913Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $234 to $741
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $389

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
$1,258.93
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$691.83
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
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$35.48

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$4,754

$389 physician + $4,365 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.