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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Nebraska 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?

$4,419

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,419 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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$871$741 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,660 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,511Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,981
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,548professional $871

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
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$4,419

$871 physician + $3,548 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.