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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

New Jersey 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?

$6,170

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,170 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$282$245 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$4,467 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $9,772Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $219 to $4,467
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $282

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
$1,548.82
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$707.95
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,197.01
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$537.03

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 9th of 50

$6,170

$282 physician + $5,888 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.