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Scope Treatment Of Bladder Base, Neck Or Urethra

Delaware rates for HCPCS 52214

Passes a scope through the urethra and destroys abnormal tissue at the trigone — the base of the bladder — or at the bladder neck, the prostatic fossa, the urethra itself or the small glands around it, using electrical current, freezing or a laser. Bleeding areas, inflamed patches and growths in those specific locations can all be treated this way. Nothing is cut open; everything is reached through the body's own opening.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Scope Treatment Of Bladder Base, Neck Or Urethra cost?

$1,981

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,981 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$214 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,000 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $646 to $3,236Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $468

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,380.38
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$81.28

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Delaware· 46th of 51

$1,981

$468 physician + $1,514 facility

CO $5,041MT $1,267

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.