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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

Iowa 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?

$4,924

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,924 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$302 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,951 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $575 to $8,511Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,259
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $457

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
$812.83
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 50

$4,924

$457 physician + $4,467 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.