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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Montana 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 October 2026.

How much does Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth cost?

$1,191

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,191 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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$398 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$589 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,162Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $79 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $603professional $589

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 6.4 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,191

$589 physician + $603 facility

AK $7,574MT $1,191

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.