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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

Utah 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?

$7,196

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,196 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$490 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$4,169 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $9,550Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,047
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $6,607professional $589

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
$1,548.82
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,071.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$15,135.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96

Where Utah 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

Utah· 13th of 50

$7,196

$589 physician + $6,607 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.