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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

New Jersey 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?

$2,673

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,673 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $102 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$102$85.11 to $141
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,549 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $871 to $7,244Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $79 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $102

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
$79.43
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$257.04
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,943.28
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$223.87
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
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.75

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 11th of 51

$2,673

$102 physician + $2,570 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.