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Steroid Injection Into A Narrowed Urethra

South 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?

$1,665

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,665 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$490$355 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$468 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,778Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $288 to $912
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,175professional $490

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
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
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
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.88

Where South 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

South Dakota· 36th of 51

$1,665

$490 physician + $1,175 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.