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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Massachusetts 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?

$3,615

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,615 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$417 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,862 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $398 to $6,761Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,042
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,090professional $525

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
$1,778.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,511.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$45,708.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,882.50
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$45,708.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 38th of 50

$3,615

$525 physician + $3,090 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.