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Steroid Injection Into A Narrowed Urethra

North Dakota 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?

$788

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $788 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $331 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$355 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$331$200 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,570Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $288 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $331professional $457

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
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84
4 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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.11

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 50th of 51

$788

$457 physician + $331 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.