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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Indiana 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?

$4,121

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,121 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$490$295 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,622 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,318Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,259
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $490

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
$204.17
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,230.27
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,011.87
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,412.54
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
$93.33
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$77.62

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 8th of 51

$4,121

$490 physician + $3,631 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.