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Biopsy Of The Urethra

New Mexico 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?

$1,548

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,548 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$200$166 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$1,047 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $240 to $6,026Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $135 to $288
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $200

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$229.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 33rd of 51

$1,548

$200 physician + $1,349 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.