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Widening the Female Urethra Under Anesthesia

Pennsylvania 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 October 2026.

How much does Widening the Female Urethra Under Anesthesia cost?

$1,359

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,359 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $40.74 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$40.74$37.15 to $51.29
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$912 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $447 to $4,677Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $34 to $68
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $41

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
$537.03
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,709.64
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$79.43
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$54.95
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$75.86
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,244.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$41.69
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$83.18
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,187.76
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$77.62
7 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
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
XP · Separate practitioner
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.50
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 38.8 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

Pennsylvania· 36th of 51

$1,359

$40.74 physician + $1,318 facility

CO $4,523MT $116

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.