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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 July 2026.

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

$1,907

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,907 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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$759$182 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$347 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $316 to $2,089Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,413
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $1,148professional $759

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,548.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Montana 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 feeMontana $1,907 · 48th 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.