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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

New Mexico 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?

$5,321

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,321 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$309$257 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$437 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $331 to $12,303Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,148
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,012professional $309

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
$309.03
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 14th of 50

$5,321

$309 physician + $5,012 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.