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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Minnesota 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?

$3,783

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,783 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$589 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,202 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $832 to $15,136Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,951professional $832

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
$363.08
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$23,442.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
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
$741.31
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,951.21
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 37th of 50

$3,783

$832 physician + $2,951 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.