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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Nebraska 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?

$2,638

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,638 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$347$263 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,380 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,244Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,778
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $347

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
$398.11
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$8,317.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$69.18

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 32nd of 51

$2,638

$347 physician + $2,291 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.