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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

New Mexico 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?

$2,162

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,162 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $120 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$120$105 to $155
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,230 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $537 to $9,772Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $79 to $182
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $120

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
$102.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$138.04
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 16th of 51

$2,162

$120 physician + $2,042 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.