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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Ohio 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?

$1,255

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,255 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $107 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$107$89.13 to $145
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$646 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $355 to $5,754Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $83 to $195
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $107

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
$177.83
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$151.36
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$208.93
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$165.96
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$239.88
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
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$50.12

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 44th of 51

$1,255

$107 physician + $1,148 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.