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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

Massachusetts 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?

$3,038

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,038 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$347$263 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,514 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $251 to $5,623Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $347

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
$1,412.54
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,412.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,888.44
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 37th of 50

$3,038

$347 physician + $2,692 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.