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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Kentucky 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?

$2,992

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,992 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$537$200 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,413 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $741 to $15,136Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,380
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,455professional $537

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
$257.04
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$870.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,630.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Wyoming than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeKentucky $2,992 · 33rd of 50
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.