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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 July 2026.

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

$2,027

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,027 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$562 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$501 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $234 to $6,607Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $204 to $3,631
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,072professional $955

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,786.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Alaska sits

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 feeAlaska $2,027 · 45th of 50
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.