go back

Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

New Mexico 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?

$3,187

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,187 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$263 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,413 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $933 to $12,303Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,318
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $617

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
$213.80
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,884.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 17th of 51

$3,187

$617 physician + $2,570 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.