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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Kentucky 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?

$1,376

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,376 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$117$97.72 to $158
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$741 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $155 to $2,884Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $83 to $263
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $117

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
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$263.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,412.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
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
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.88

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 41st of 51

$1,376

$117 physician + $1,259 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.