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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

Delaware 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?

$7,342

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,342 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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$263$245 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$245 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $224 to $9,120Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $245 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $263

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
$223.87
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 4th of 50

$7,342

$263 physician + $7,079 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.