go back

Widening The Opening At The Tip Of The Urethra

Wyoming 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?

$2,422

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,422 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$186 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$2,188 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $3,020Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $132 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $234

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$380.19

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 14th of 51

$2,422

$234 physician + $2,188 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.