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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Georgia 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?

$1,394

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,394 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$135$123 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$759 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $417 to $4,677Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $95 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $135

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
$213.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$275.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12
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
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 38th of 51

$1,394

$135 physician + $1,259 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.