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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Nevada 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?

$2,814

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,814 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$575$214 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,288 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $813 to $4,467Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $575

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
$257.04
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,137.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$2,691.53
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$102.33

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 25th of 51

$2,814

$575 physician + $2,239 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.