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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

Illinois 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?

$3,567

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,567 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$331$251 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,318 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $447 to $10,471Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $240 to $575
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $331

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
$407.38
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$331.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 32nd of 50

$3,567

$331 physician + $3,236 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.