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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Delaware 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?

$1,289

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,289 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$513$209 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$204 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $182 to $4,074Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,445
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $776professional $513

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
$181.97
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Delaware 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 feeDelaware $1,289 · 50th 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.