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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Alabama 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?

$2,933

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,933 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$398 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,230 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $851 to $3,890Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,047
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,344professional $589

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
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83

Where Alabama 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 feeAlabama $2,933 · 43rd 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.