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Biopsy Of The Urethra

Nebraska 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?

$2,086

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,086 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$224$182 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,445 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,586Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $126 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $224

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
$147.91
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,398.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.79

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 17th of 51

$2,086

$224 physician + $1,862 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.