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Steroid Injection Into A Narrowed Urethra

Iowa 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?

$2,345

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,345 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$525$389 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$851 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $525 to $6,166Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $309 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $525

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
$489.78
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$977.24
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25
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
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$48.98

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 16th of 51

$2,345

$525 physician + $1,820 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.