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Steroid Injection Into A Narrowed Urethra

Ohio 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?

$1,590

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,590 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$302$219 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$794 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,888Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $186 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $302

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
$691.83
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$602.56
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84
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
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 41st of 51

$1,590

$302 physician + $1,288 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.