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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Hawaii 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?

$1,072

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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$117$85.11 to $126
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$813 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,884Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $30 to $155
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $955professional $117

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
$691.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$141.25
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 47th of 51

$1,072

$117 physician + $955 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.