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Biopsy Of The Urethra

Iowa 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?

$2,069

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,069 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$331$257 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$437 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $331 to $6,166Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $186 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $331

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
$234.42
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
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
$104.71
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.44

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 18th of 51

$2,069

$331 physician + $1,738 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.