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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

North Carolina 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?

$5,959

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,959 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$589$457 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$646 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $380 to $10,965Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,349
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,370professional $589

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
$380.19
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,348.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where North Carolina 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 feeNorth Carolina $5,959 · 19th 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.