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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

South Dakota 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?

$4,226

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,226 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$331 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,778 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $316 to $3,467Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,660
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $3,467professional $759

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
$3,090.30
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$8,317.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,949.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where South Dakota 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 feeSouth Dakota $4,226 · 22nd 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.