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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Utah 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?

$3,411

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,411 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $100 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$100$83.18 to $132
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,202 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $138 to $6,026Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $74 to $162
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,311professional $100

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
$138.04
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$199.53
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
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80

Where Utah 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

Utah· 6th of 51

$3,411

$100 physician + $3,311 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.