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Biopsy Of The Urethra

Virginia 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?

$2,625

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,625 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$170$151 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$794 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $170 to $9,550Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $138 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $170

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
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00
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
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.78

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 12th of 51

$2,625

$170 physician + $2,455 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.