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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Iowa 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?

$5,692

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,692 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$794$513 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,467 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $933 to $10,715Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,188
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $4,898professional $794

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
$1,122.02
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,803.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,897.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Iowa 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 feeIowa $5,692 · 23rd 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.