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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Colorado 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?

$5,760

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,760 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$240 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$3,236 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $832 to $9,772Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,288
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,129professional $631

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
$776.25
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,513.56
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,698.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,884.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,659.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Colorado 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 feeColorado $5,760 · 10th 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.