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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 October 2026.

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

$7,350

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,350 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 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$589$490 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$2,692 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $13,804Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $389 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $589

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
$616.60
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,570.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
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
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$50.12

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$7,350

$589 physician + $6,761 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.