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Scope Treatment Of Bladder Base, Neck Or Urethra

North Carolina 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?

$2,383

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,383 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$646$355 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$933 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $537 to $5,623Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $229 to $2,138
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $646

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
$169.82
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
7 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
$85.11
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$77.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 32nd of 51

$2,383

$646 physician + $1,738 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.