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Steroid Injection Into A Narrowed Urethra

Illinois 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?

$2,358

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,358 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$363$257 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,445 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $741 to $5,248Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $209 to $631
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $363

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
$269.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
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
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$35.48

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 15th of 51

$2,358

$363 physician + $1,995 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.