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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Tennessee 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?

$1,791

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,791 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$132$105 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,096 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,169Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $93 to $1,514
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $132

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$173.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$229.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
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
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.88

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 25th of 51

$1,791

$132 physician + $1,660 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.