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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

Minnesota 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?

$2,369

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,369 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$550$398 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$759 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $513 to $10,233Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $282 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,820professional $550

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
$229.09
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$15,848.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 44th of 50

$2,369

$550 physician + $1,820 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.