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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

Utah 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?

$4,380

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,380 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$490$309 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,884 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $355 to $7,586Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $240 to $575
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,890professional $490

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
$354.81
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$691.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,232.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86

Where Utah 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

Utah· 23rd of 50

$4,380

$490 physician + $3,890 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.