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Biopsy Of The Urethra

Alaska rates for HCPCS 53200

Takes a small tissue sample from the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body, so it can be examined under a microscope. It is done to find out what an abnormal area, growth, or narrowing in the urethra actually is.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Biopsy Of The Urethra cost?

$3,030

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,030 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$575$389 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,905 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $741 to $8,913Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $162 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $575

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$489.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,073.80
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,943.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$977.24

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.0 times more in Colorado than in North Dakota. 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

Alaska· 8th of 51

$3,030

$575 physician + $2,455 facility

CO $4,594ND $460

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.