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Bladder Scope Exam With Treatment Of A Small Growth

West 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?

$6,893

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,893 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$214 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$708 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $195 to $6,607Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $195 to $891
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,457professional $437

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
$194.98
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where West 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 feeWest Virginia $6,893 · 4th 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.