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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Idaho 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?

$1,567

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,567 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$155$135 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,230 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $263 to $5,248Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $107 to $219
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $155

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
$229.09
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,606.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$4,073.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
11 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
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$131.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 35th of 51

$1,567

$155 physician + $1,413 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.