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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Alaska 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 October 2026.

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

$4,670

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,670 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$708 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,570 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $9,772Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $263 to $3,311
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $955

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
$954.99
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,786.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,168.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,489.63
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.8 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

Alaska· 4th of 51

$4,670

$955 physician + $3,715 facility

CO $5,124MT $1,344

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.