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Biopsy Of The Urethra

Alabama 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?

$4,452

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,452 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$186$155 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,288 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $851 to $4,266Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $138 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,266professional $186

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$229.09
5 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
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.90

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 2nd of 51

$4,452

$186 physician + $4,266 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.