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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 October 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth cost?

$3,255

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,255 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$437$240 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,514 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $776 to $5,623Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,445
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $437

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
$257.04
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$77.62

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 15th of 51

$3,255

$437 physician + $2,818 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.