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Biopsy Of The Urethra

Nevada 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?

$1,826

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,826 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$166$145 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,072 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $575 to $4,365Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $132 to $282
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $166

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
$162.18
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$245.47
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$1,584.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
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
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.95

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 24th of 51

$1,826

$166 physician + $1,660 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.