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Biopsy Of The Urethra

North Dakota 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?

$460

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $460 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $158 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$302$257 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$158$141 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $141 to $2,570Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $162 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $158professional $302

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
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.85

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 51st of 51

$460

$302 physician + $158 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.