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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Nebraska 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?

$2,076

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,076 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$214$182 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,445 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $7,762Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,514
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $214

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 18th of 51

$2,076

$214 physician + $1,862 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.