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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Arkansas 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?

$2,130

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,130 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$245 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,072 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $275 to $3,548Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $617

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
$275.42
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Wyoming than in Delaware. 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

Arkansas· 44th of 50

$2,130

$617 physician + $1,514 facility

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.