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Biopsy Of The Urethra

New Jersey 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?

$2,846

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,846 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$155$132 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,622 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $7,413Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $115 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $155

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$380.19
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
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
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.38

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 10th of 51

$2,846

$155 physician + $2,692 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.