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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Florida 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?

$1,720

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,720 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$97.72$81.28 to $129
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$977 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $676 to $7,413Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $69 to $200
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $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
$407.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$199.53
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,413.10
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$190.55
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$204.17
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
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
$42.66
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.22

Where Florida 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

Florida· 28th of 51

$1,720

$97.72 physician + $1,622 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.