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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Tennessee 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?

$4,073

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,073 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 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$525$447 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$2,089 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $933 to $9,333Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,413
$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,548professional $525

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
$707.95
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01

Where Tennessee 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 feeTennessee $4,073 · 36th 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.