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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Ohio 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?

$2,520

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,520 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$219 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$794 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $537 to $5,754Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,660
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $741

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
$371.54
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,691.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
6 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
$100.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 34th of 51

$2,520

$741 physician + $1,778 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.