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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Delaware 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?

$1,459

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,459 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $110 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$110$97.72 to $141
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$1,000 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,570Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $91 to $209
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $110

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
$97.72
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 37th of 51

$1,459

$110 physician + $1,349 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.