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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 July 2026.

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

$5,973

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,973 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$724$245 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$1,023 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $316 to $16,596Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $724

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
$562.34
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,584.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Wyoming than in Delaware. 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· 9th of 50

$5,973

$724 physician + $5,248 facility

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.