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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Arizona 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?

$2,642

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,642 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$692$200 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$977 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $603 to $5,370Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $178 to $2,884
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,230.27
5 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
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$69.18

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 31st of 51

$2,642

$692 physician + $1,950 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.