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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Oregon 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?

$1,501

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,501 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$537 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$724 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $603 to $11,220Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,096
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $776professional $724

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
$616.60
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$17,378.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,918.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$20,417.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
10 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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$1,501

$724 physician + $776 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.