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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 October 2026.

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

$2,792

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,792 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$501$389 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,950 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $871 to $3,236Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $324 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $501

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.4 times more in Alaska 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

Alabama· 34th of 51

$2,792

$501 physician + $2,291 facility

AK $7,574MT $1,191

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.