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Scope Treatment Of Bladder Base, Neck Or Urethra

South 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?

$2,470

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,470 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$692$347 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$871 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $661 to $10,715Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $692

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
$213.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,949.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
6 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
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$89.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$977.24

Where South 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

South Carolina· 31st of 51

$2,470

$692 physician + $1,778 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.