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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 October 2026.

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

$4,399

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,399 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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$851$692 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,148 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $977 to $10,471Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,548professional $851

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
$602.56
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$12,302.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,897.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,047.13
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 51

$4,399

$851 physician + $3,548 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.