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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

North Carolina 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?

$1,582

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,582 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$170$132 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$955 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $398 to $5,248Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $105 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $170

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
$93.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$245.47
7 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
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.75
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$138.04

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 32nd of 51

$1,582

$170 physician + $1,413 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.