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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Minnesota 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?

$980

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $980 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$204$155 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$195 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $95 to $5,248Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $112 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $204

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
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$398.11
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.96

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 48th of 51

$980

$204 physician + $776 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.