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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Maine 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?

$2,359

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,359 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$661$275 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$708 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $263 to $2,818Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $661

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,698.24
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,318.26
10 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
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$97.72
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$489.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$194.98
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$741.31
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$147.91
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$97.72

Where Maine 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

Maine· 37th of 51

$2,359

$661 physician + $1,698 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.