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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Missouri 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?

$1,964

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,964 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$145$112 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,072 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $468 to $5,623Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $100 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $145

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
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
$43.65
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$11.22

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 22nd of 51

$1,964

$145 physician + $1,820 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.