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First Widening of the Female Urethra

Nebraska 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 October 2026.

How much does First Widening of the Female Urethra cost?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $224 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$70.79$54.95 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$95.50 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $72 to $3,802Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $37 to $166
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $224professional $71

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
$70.79
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$97.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$177.83
6 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
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
79 · Unrelated procedure after surgery
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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.

Nebraska· 37th of 51

$75.86

WI $204KY $63.10

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.