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Biopsy Of The Urethra

South Carolina 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?

$1,425

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,425 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$195$166 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$646 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $490 to $9,333Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $145 to $316
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $195

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
$173.78
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84
6 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
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 38th of 51

$1,425

$195 physician + $1,230 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.