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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 July 2026.

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

$4,423

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,423 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$708$219 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,950 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $676 to $10,233Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $186 to $2,570
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,715professional $708

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
$676.08
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,548.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,570.40
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$125.89
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Ohio 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 feeOhio $4,423 · 18th 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.