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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Iowa 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?

$2,164

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,164 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$214$162 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$977 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $224 to $6,310Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $112 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $214

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
$602.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 51

$2,164

$214 physician + $1,950 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.