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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 July 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth cost?

$5,079

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,079 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$813$251 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,175 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $288 to $13,183Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $195 to $3,090
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $4,266professional $813

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
$281.84
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,905.46
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where New Mexico 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 feeNew Mexico $5,079 · 13th 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.