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Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Virginia 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?

$2,567

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,567 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $112 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$112$100 to $135
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$813 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $135 to $9,550Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $89 to $200
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $112

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
$134.90
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$208.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
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
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 13th of 51

$2,567

$112 physician + $2,455 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.