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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Louisiana 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?

$3,280

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,280 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$457 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,318 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,607Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $363 to $708
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,692professional $589

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
$741.31
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76

Where Louisiana 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 feeLouisiana $3,280 · 41st 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.