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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 July 2026.

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

$1,213

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,213 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$537$490 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$661 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $661 to $14,454Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,778
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $676professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24

Where Montana 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 feeMontana $1,213 · 49th 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.