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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Arizona 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?

$1,577

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,577 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$97.72$91.20 to $145
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$891 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,370Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,514
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $98

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97
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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.77

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 34th of 51

$1,577

$97.72 physician + $1,479 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.