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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Indiana 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?

$3,242

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,242 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$151$115 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,413 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $617 to $8,318Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $89 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $151

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
$89.13
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$239.88
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
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
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.75

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 8th of 51

$3,242

$151 physician + $3,090 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.