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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 October 2026.

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

$3,231

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,231 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$661$229 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$912 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $269 to $9,550Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,230
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $661

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
$269.15
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,348.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$104.71
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$89.13

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 16th of 51

$3,231

$661 physician + $2,570 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.