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Procedure price report · Procedures on the urethra

Enlarging the urinary opening, age 1 year or older

CPT 53020the billing code this page is about

The opening at the tip of the urethra is cut to widen it, performed in a patient past infancy as a procedure on its own.

Hospitals typically charge $1,781 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 741 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,682. Most fall between $245 and $3,915 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
741
States
49
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 741 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$170$283$1,781$3,452$4,958

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 29× what the cheapest tenth charges ($170 vs $4,958).

How the prices are spread

$140 – $204: 74 hospitals$140$204 – $297: 82 hospitals$297 – $434: 46 hospitals$297$434 – $633: 46 hospitals$633 – $924: 34 hospitals$633$924 – $1,349: 24 hospitals$1,349 – $1,969: 55 hospitals$1,349$1,969 – $2,875: 122 hospitals$2,875 – $4,196: 99 hospitals$2,875$4,196 – $6,125: 86 hospitals$4,196median $1,781price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (668 of 741 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$140$20474
$204$29782
$297$43446
$434$63346
$633$92434
$924$1,34924
$1,349$1,96955
$1,969$2,875122
$2,875$4,19699
$4,196$6,12586

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,136
Median cash price$1,781
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.83×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,781.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,494 across 33 hospitalsWA$1,494Idaho: median $5,304 across 10 hospitalsID$5,304Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $700 across 30 hospitalsMN$700Illinois: median $575 across 31 hospitalsIL$575Wisconsin: median $469 across 52 hospitalsWI$469Michigan: median $349 across 34 hospitalsMI$349New York: median $2,424 across 35 hospitalsNY$2,424Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $305 across 24 hospitalsOR$305Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $245 across 27 hospitalsIA$245Indiana: median $245 across 12 hospitalsIN$245Ohio: median $6,125 across 24 hospitalsOH$6,125Pennsylvania: median $2,948 across 15 hospitalsPA$2,948New Jersey: median $2,734 across 31 hospitalsNJ$2,734Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,984 across 74 hospitalsCA$1,984Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,570 across 11 hospitalsCO$1,570Nebraska: median $244 across 11 hospitalsNE$244Missouri: median $2,900 across 15 hospitalsMO$2,900Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $2,002 across 21 hospitalsWV$2,002Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $160 across 14 hospitalsOK$160Louisiana: median $1,660 across 17 hospitalsLA$1,660Mississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $3,997 across 18 hospitalsGA$3,997Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,452 across 44 hospitalsTX$3,452Florida: median $2,056 across 13 hospitalsFL$2,056
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,781. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH24$6,125+244%$226 – $6,125
Idaho ID10$5,304+198%$2,266 – $5,304
Georgia GA18$3,997+124%$3,997 – $4,609
Texas TX44$3,452+94%$843 – $4,315
Pennsylvania PA15$2,948+66%$2,002 – $3,709
Missouri MO15$2,900+63%$233 – $4,234
New Jersey NJ31$2,734+54%$2,269 – $5,339
New York NY35$2,424+36%$189 – $2,609
Florida FL13$2,056+15%$352 – $7,656
West Virginia WV21$2,002+12%$101 – $2,002
California CA74$1,984+11%$1,781 – $3,864
Louisiana LA17$1,660−7%$504 – $2,237
Colorado CO11$1,570−12%$227 – $2,530
Washington WA33$1,494−16%$444 – $4,285
Minnesota MN30$700−61%$205 – $2,146
Illinois IL31$575−68%$243 – $3,993
Wisconsin WI52$469−74%$256 – $1,546
Michigan MI34$349−80%$293 – $2,874
Oregon OR24$305−83%$176 – $5,527
Indiana IN12$245−86%$134 – $2,954
Iowa IA27$245−86%$224 – $3,043
Nebraska NE11$244−86%$194 – $347
Oklahoma OK14$160−91%$160 – $3,932
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,781.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care549$2,146$256 – $4,018
Children’s29$2,381$434 – $4,315
Critical access161$358$205 – $1,700
Ownership
For-profit60$3,016$271 – $4,958
Government122$789$185 – $2,565
Non-profit557$1,781$245 – $3,864
System affiliation
Part of a system596$1,863$256 – $3,993
Independent145$575$185 – $2,817

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,854
Median cash price$1,781
Cash as a share of list, median hospital61%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 39%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

484 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,781 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,753; most fall between $245 and $3,932.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 484 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$171$275$1,781$3,755$4,770

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 28× what the cheapest tenth charges ($171 vs $4,770).

Of the 517 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 484 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 17 a list price only.

How complete is this

741 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 809 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted741
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here44
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded21
Hospitals that filed this code809

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Procedures on the urethra family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Meatotomy Cutting Meatus Spx Except Infant.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Enlarging the urinary opening, age 1 year or older (CPT 53020) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-53020-enlarging-the-urinary-opening-age-1-year-or-older