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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

Louisiana 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?

$2,826

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,826 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$372$288 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,148 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $646 to $6,310Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $229 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $372

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
$537.03
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 40th of 50

$2,826

$372 physician + $2,455 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.