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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

New Jersey 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?

$6,788

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,788 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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$479$398 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$4,571 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $10,715Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $363 to $4,571
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,310professional $479

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
$1,905.46
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$6,760.83
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,174.90
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$25,703.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$891.25

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 14.2 times more in Delaware than in West Virginia. 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

New Jersey· 16th of 50

$6,788

$479 physician + $6,310 facility

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.