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Scope Treatment Of Bladder Base, Neck Or Urethra

Maryland 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?

$661

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $191 to $1,230.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,754Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,349
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,622professional $407

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,348.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,659.59
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$91.20
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Maryland· 43rd of 51

$661

AK $1,660NE $347

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.