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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

North Carolina 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?

$1,933

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,933 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$245 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$417 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $200 to $7,244Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,950
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,175professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where North Carolina 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 feeNorth Carolina $1,933 · 47th 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.