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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Tennessee 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?

$3,595

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,595 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$776$263 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,820 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $813 to $10,965Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $776

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
$616.60
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 27th of 50

$3,595

$776 physician + $2,818 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.