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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 July 2026.

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

$4,338

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,338 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$871$447 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$2,138 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $794 to $10,000Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $295 to $2,692
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,467professional $871

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
$190.55
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$15,848.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,888.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Minnesota 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 feeMinnesota $4,338 · 20th 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.