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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

Michigan 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?

$4,561

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,561 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$295$245 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,096 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $324 to $8,710Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $214 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $295

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
$323.59
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$776.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 21st of 50

$4,561

$295 physician + $4,266 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.