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Biopsy Of The Urethra

Arizona 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?

$1,564

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,564 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$151$141 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$851 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $417 to $5,129Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $151

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
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
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 31st of 51

$1,564

$151 physician + $1,413 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.