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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

South Carolina 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?

$1,394

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,394 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$135$110 to $162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$692 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $490 to $9,333Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $89 to $195
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $135

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
$117.49
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$251.19
6 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
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$117.49

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$1,394

$135 physician + $1,259 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.