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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Minnesota 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?

$2,650

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,650 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$912$427 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$759 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $195 to $6,310Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,570
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $912

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
$194.98
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,235.94
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,162.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,691.53
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 30th of 51

$2,650

$912 physician + $1,738 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.