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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

New Hampshire 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?

$2,804

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,804 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$617$295 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,698 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $4,266Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,660
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $617

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,238.72
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,265.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
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
$123.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$109.65

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 26th of 51

$2,804

$617 physician + $2,188 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.