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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Montana 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?

$1,344

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,344 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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$389$288 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$302 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,239Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $389

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,344

$389 physician + $955 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.