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Biopsy Of The Urethra

North Carolina 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?

$1,658

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,658 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$245$166 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$955 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $389 to $4,266Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $151 to $447
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $245

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
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$380.19
7 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
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$17.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 29th of 51

$1,658

$245 physician + $1,413 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.