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Biopsy Of The Urethra

Illinois 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?

$2,214

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,214 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$162 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,445 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $832 to $4,898Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $145 to $339
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $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
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$575.44
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
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
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.98

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 15th of 51

$2,214

$219 physician + $1,995 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.