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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

North Dakota 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?

$2,980

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,980 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$251 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$245 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $229 to $6,026Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $234 to $631
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $468

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
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 39th of 50

$2,980

$468 physician + $2,512 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.