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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Utah 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?

$3,957

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,957 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$339 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,023 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $240 to $7,413Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,148
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $646

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
$239.88
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,232.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
5 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
$120.23
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$102.33

Where Utah 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

Utah· 10th of 51

$3,957

$646 physician + $3,311 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.