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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

North Carolina 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?

$4,500

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,500 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$263 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$389 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $245 to $8,710Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $240 to $741
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $331

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
$245.47
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$812.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 22nd of 50

$4,500

$331 physician + $4,169 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.