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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

New Mexico 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?

$7,408

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,408 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$490$407 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$1,549 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $562 to $13,804Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,862
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $6,918professional $490

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
$549.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01

Where New Mexico 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 feeNew Mexico $7,408 · 9th 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.