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Biopsy Of The Urethra

South Dakota 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?

$1,498

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,498 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$234 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$229 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,820Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $158 to $437
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,175professional $324

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
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38
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
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.85

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 35th of 51

$1,498

$324 physician + $1,175 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.