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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

Alaska rates for HCPCS 52234

A procedure in which a thin, lighted scope is passed through the urethra into the bladder to burn away or remove a small bladder tumor found during the exam. It is a minimally invasive way to treat certain bladder growths without an external incision.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor cost?

$1,824

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,824 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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$676$324 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$380 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $288 to $9,550Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,585
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,148professional $676

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,621.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,698.24
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,621.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.3 times more in Indiana than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $1,824 · 47th of 50
IN $9,621MT $726

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.