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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Oregon 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?

$368

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $368 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $186 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$182$135 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$186$178 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $145 to $5,012Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $100 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $186professional $182

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$302.00
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$190.55
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$281.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$8,128.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
10 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
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$368

$182 physician + $186 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.