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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Delaware 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?

$12,166

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,166 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,749 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$389 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,749$398 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,749 · 10th to 90th $355 to $15,849Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,000
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $11,749professional $417

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
$354.81
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25

Where Delaware 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 feeDelaware $12,166 · 1st 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.