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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

New Jersey 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?

$3,736

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,736 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$646$195 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,820 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $759 to $9,120Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,585
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,090professional $646

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
$218.78
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$19,952.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,698.24
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$69.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$81.28

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 11th of 51

$3,736

$646 physician + $3,090 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.