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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 52224

A thin lighted scope is passed through the urethra into the bladder to examine the lining, and a small growth found on the bladder or urethra is treated in the same visit using heat, freezing, or laser energy, with or without taking a tissue sample. This combines diagnostic viewing and treatment of a minor finding in a single procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth cost?

$4,423

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,423 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 69 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$245 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,514 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $562 to $10,000Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,862
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $3,715professional $708

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,621.81

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Wyoming than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
WY $7,833DE $1,289

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.