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Widening the Female Urethra Under Anesthesia

Alaska rates for HCPCS 53665

Stretches a narrowed urinary channel in a woman by passing graduated dilators through it, carried out with general anesthesia or a spinal block so she feels nothing. Anesthesia is chosen when the narrowing is tight, the area is very tender, or an office attempt would be too uncomfortable. The narrowing weakens the urine stream and can make the bladder hard to empty.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Widening the Female Urethra Under Anesthesia cost?

$225

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $225 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $93.33 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$132$83.18 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$93.33$44.67 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $39 to $6,607Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $39 to $269
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $93professional $132

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$134.90
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$269.15
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$251.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$269.15

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 83.5 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $225 · 45th of 50
IN $6,353WV $76.12

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.