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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Iowa 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?

$3,702

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,702 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$1,072$468 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,514 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $589 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $316 to $2,399
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $1,072

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
$398.11
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
$102.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$107.15

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 12th of 51

$3,702

$1,072 physician + $2,630 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.