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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

South 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?

$5,962

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,962 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$339$275 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$1,862 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $331 to $15,136Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,479
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $339

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
$295.12
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,479.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19

Where South 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

South Carolina· 11th of 50

$5,962

$339 physician + $5,623 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.