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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Kansas 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?

$2,613

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,613 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$158$112 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,259 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,677Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,349
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $158

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
$1,348.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
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
$54.95
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.85

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 12th of 51

$2,613

$158 physician + $2,455 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.