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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 July 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth cost?

$7,148

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,148 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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$692$263 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$5,495 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $13,804Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,259
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,457professional $692

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
$2,511.89
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,737.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,479.11
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$13,803.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Maine 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 feeMaine $7,148 · 3rd 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.