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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

Maine 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?

$8,828

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,828 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$316$269 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$5,623 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $3,890 to $10,233Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $240 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $8,511professional $316

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
$5,623.41
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,232.93
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56

Where Maine 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

Maine· 2nd of 50

$8,828

$316 physician + $8,511 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.