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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Kentucky 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?

$4,281

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,281 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 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$479$398 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,455 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $631 to $15,136Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $479

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
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,023.29
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,162.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 14.2 times more in Delaware than in West Virginia. 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

Kentucky· 33rd of 50

$4,281

$479 physician + $3,802 facility

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.