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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

Arizona 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?

$3,329

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,329 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$309$251 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$2,042 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $661 to $6,607Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,259
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $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
$1,548.82
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 35th of 50

$3,329

$309 physician + $3,020 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.