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First Widening of the Female Urethra

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 53660

A doctor gradually widens the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the bladder, by passing smooth dilators of increasing size. A numbing or soothing medicine is placed into the tube as part of the visit. This is the first such treatment in a course of care, with any later sessions handled on their own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does First Widening of the Female Urethra cost?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$69.18$61.66 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$339 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $107 to $3,467Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $43 to $117
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $69

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$123.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$117.49

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in Oklahoma than in Hawaii. 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.

Louisiana· 9th of 51

$112

OK $759HI $70.79

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.