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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Louisiana 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?

$2,395

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,395 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$617$288 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$977 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,677Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,230
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,778professional $617

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
$537.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,230.27
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Louisiana 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 feeLouisiana $2,395 · 40th 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.