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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Alaska rates for HCPCS 53020

Makes a small cut to enlarge the opening at the tip of the urethra when it has become too narrow and is slowing or spraying the urine stream. Widening the opening restores a normal flow. This version applies to patients beyond infancy.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra cost?

$2,901

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,901 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$389$204 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$2,042 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,913Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $105 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $389

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$616.60
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,943.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$676.08

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 15.6 times more in Colorado 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

Alaska· 9th of 51

$2,901

$389 physician + $2,512 facility

CO $4,608MT $296

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.