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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

Nebraska 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?

$5,323

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,323 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$537$282 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$3,631 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $13,490Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $537

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
$2,344.23
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,288.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 13th of 50

$5,323

$537 physician + $4,786 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.