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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Illinois 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?

$3,464

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,464 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$513$398 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,259 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $631 to $11,749Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,023
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,951professional $513

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
$602.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,019.95
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25

Where Illinois 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 feeIllinois $3,464 · 39th 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.