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Steroid Injection Into A Narrowed Urethra

Virginia 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?

$3,078

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,078 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$324$229 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$955 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $263 to $9,772Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $195 to $501
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $324

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
$338.84
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
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
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$39.81

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 11th of 51

$3,078

$324 physician + $2,754 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.