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Biopsy Of The Urethra

Massachusetts 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?

$681

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $681 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $447 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$170 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$447$162 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $102 to $3,890Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,905
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $447professional $234

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
$489.78
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$436.52
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$478.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,412.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$630.96
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$676.08
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
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
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$43.65

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 48th of 51

$681

$234 physician + $447 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.