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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

Tennessee 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 October 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor cost?

$2,511

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,511 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$324$263 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,380 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,898Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,089
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $324

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$32.36

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 8.6 times more in Colorado 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

Tennessee· 26th of 51

$2,511

$324 physician + $2,188 facility

CO $6,380MT $743

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.