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Biopsy Of The Urethra

Delaware 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?

$1,421

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,421 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$162$145 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$933 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,570Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $141 to $257
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $162

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
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$295.12
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
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.22

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 39th of 51

$1,421

$162 physician + $1,259 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.