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Biopsy Of The Urethra

Colorado 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?

$4,594

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,594 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$229$186 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,950 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $8,710Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $162 to $347
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $229

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
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,659.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
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
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.62

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$4,594

$229 physician + $4,365 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.