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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Michigan 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?

$1,605

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,605 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $126 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$126$107 to $132
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$1,175 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,388Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $83 to $148
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $126

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
$125.89
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$346.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$169.82
10 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
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 30th of 51

$1,605

$126 physician + $1,479 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.