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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

Alabama 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?

$2,600

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,600 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$251 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,148 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,631Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $234 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $309

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
$478.63
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$398.11

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 13.3 times more in Indiana 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

Alabama· 41st of 50

$2,600

$309 physician + $2,291 facility

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.