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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Alaska rates for HCPCS 52240

This procedure uses a thin lighted scope passed through the urethra into the bladder to burn away or cut out a sizable growth from the bladder lining, without any external incision. It is used when the growth found during a bladder exam is on the larger end of what can be treated this way, as opposed to a small or medium-sized growth.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth cost?

$2,916

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,916 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$1,096$525 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$646 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $457 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,754
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,820professional $1,096

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,570.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,754.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,454.71
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 14.2 times more in Delaware than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $2,916 · 44th of 50
DE $12,166WV $854

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.