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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Missouri 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?

$2,390

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,390 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$288 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,096 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $631 to $5,623Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,862
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $692

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
$288.40
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$933.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,659.59
5 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
$91.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$89.13

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 36th of 51

$2,390

$692 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.