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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

Virginia 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?

$2,862

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,862 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$724$234 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$347 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $229 to $7,244Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,698
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,138professional $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
$302.00
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,737.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,659.59
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Virginia 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 feeVirginia $2,862 · 36th 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.