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Steroid Injection Into A Narrowed Urethra

Kentucky 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?

$1,948

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,948 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$288$214 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$794 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,495Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $186 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,660professional $288

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
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$478.63
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,621.81
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,398.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 29th of 51

$1,948

$288 physician + $1,660 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.