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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Colorado 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?

$4,608

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,608 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$141$117 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,239 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $8,710Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $98 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $141

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
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,659.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
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
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.30

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$4,608

$141 physician + $4,467 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.