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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 October 2026.

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

$4,364

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,364 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$562$447 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,585 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,762Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $389 to $871
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,802professional $562

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
$501.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,344.23
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
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
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$44.67

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 16th of 51

$4,364

$562 physician + $3,802 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.