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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Illinois 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?

$2,195

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,195 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$457$229 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,047 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $389 to $6,166Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,514
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,738professional $457

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
$389.05
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,288.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,715.35
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Wyoming than in Delaware. 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

Illinois· 42nd of 50

$2,195

$457 physician + $1,738 facility

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.