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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Michigan 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?

$3,311

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$427$263 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,023 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,248Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,148
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $427

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,122.02
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$478.63
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$190.55
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$724.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$144.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$95.50
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 14th of 51

$3,311

$427 physician + $2,884 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.