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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Maryland 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?

$2,154

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,154 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$214 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$219 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $100 to $11,482Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $195 to $2,630
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,413professional $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
$100.00
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,311.31
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,698.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,584.89
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Maryland 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 feeMaryland $2,154 · 43rd 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.