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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 October 2026.

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

$2,846

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,846 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$851$589 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,047 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $562 to $6,457Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $851

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$47.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 33rd of 51

$2,846

$851 physician + $1,995 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.