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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Connecticut 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?

$6,299

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,299 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$676$537 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$2,692 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $851 to $13,804Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $676

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
$3,467.37
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,981.07
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 5th of 51

$6,299

$676 physician + $5,623 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.