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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

Arkansas 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?

$2,136

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,136 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$316$229 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,072 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $347 to $3,715Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $229 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $316

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
$331.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$398.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$512.86

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 45th of 50

$2,136

$316 physician + $1,820 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.