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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

South Carolina 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?

$1,910

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,910 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$708$245 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$871 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $661 to $10,471Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $708

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
$245.47
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$912.01

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 47th of 51

$1,910

$708 physician + $1,202 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.