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Bladder Scope Procedure To Remove A Small Tumor

Virginia 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?

$3,538

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,538 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$302$257 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$437 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $282 to $8,913Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $229 to $2,754
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $302

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
$346.74
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 33rd of 50

$3,538

$302 physician + $3,236 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.