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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

South 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?

$4,856

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,856 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$234 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$3,090 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $389 to $6,026Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $229 to $575
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,467professional $389

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
$3,090.30
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$549.54
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$575.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$524.81

Where South 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

South Dakota· 16th of 50

$4,856

$389 physician + $4,467 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.