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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Massachusetts 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?

$817

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $817 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$141$105 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$117 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $68 to $3,890Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $72 to $1,514
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $676professional $141

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$173.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,168.69
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$323.59
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$1,412.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$354.81
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,162.28
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,168.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$426.58
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$676.08
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$91.20
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
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$30.90

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 49th of 51

$817

$141 physician + $676 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.