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Biopsy Of The Urethra

Oregon 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?

$598

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $598 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $316 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$214 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$316$275 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $219 to $5,012Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $182 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $316professional $282

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$6,606.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$323.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$9,120.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
10 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
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$41.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.89

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 49th of 51

$598

$282 physician + $316 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.