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Biopsy Of The Urethra

Georgia 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?

$1,478

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,478 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$182 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$741 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,677Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $148 to $380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $219

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
$162.18
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52
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
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.05

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 36th of 51

$1,478

$219 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.