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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Arkansas 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?

$2,357

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,357 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 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$537$363 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,230 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $692 to $5,370Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $363 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $537

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
$676.08
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 14.2 times more in Delaware than in West Virginia. 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

Arkansas· 47th of 50

$2,357

$537 physician + $1,820 facility

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.