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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

North Dakota 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?

$1,691

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,691 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$178$151 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$97.72 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $98 to $2,754Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $100 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $178

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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 29th of 51

$1,691

$178 physician + $1,514 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.