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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Kansas 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?

$4,319

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,319 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$427 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,660 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,129Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,884
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $851

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
$1,023.29
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$707.95
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
$117.49
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$117.49

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 6th of 51

$4,319

$851 physician + $3,467 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.