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Bladder Tumor Removal Via Scope (Medium)

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 52235

A doctor passes a thin lighted scope through the urethra into the bladder and uses it to burn away or cut out a growth on the bladder wall, without any external incision. This version is used for a midsized growth, larger than could be treated with the smallest version of this procedure, but not large enough to need the most extensive version.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bladder Tumor Removal Via Scope (Medium) cost?

$5,287

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,287 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 71 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$302 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,512 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $631 to $12,023Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,318
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $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
$549.54
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 10.2 times more in Washington 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

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WA $8,653MT $845

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.