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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Colorado 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?

$7,251

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,251 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$389 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$3,236 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $871 to $17,378Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,514
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $6,761professional $490

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
$851.14
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,511.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Colorado 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 feeColorado $7,251 · 12th 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.