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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Connecticut 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?

$4,845

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,845 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$339 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$2,630 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $851 to $7,943Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,738
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $676

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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,290.87
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,187.76
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
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$125.89

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 2nd of 51

$4,845

$676 physician + $4,169 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.