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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Massachusetts 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?

$2,647

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,647 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$257 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$288 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $229 to $5,370Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,399
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,905professional $741

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
$758.58
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,041.74
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,466.84
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Massachusetts 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 feeMassachusetts $2,647 · 37th 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.