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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Missouri 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?

$2,828

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,828 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$537$407 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,259 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $708 to $5,623Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,514
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,291professional $537

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
$549.54
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,511.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99

Where Missouri 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 feeMissouri $2,828 · 45th 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.