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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Florida 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?

$2,584

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,584 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$204 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,175 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $794 to $11,749Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,202
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $589

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
$478.63
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$741.31
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,230.27
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
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
$74.13
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86

Where Florida 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

Florida· 33rd of 51

$2,584

$589 physician + $1,995 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.