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Scope Removal Of A Large Bladder Growth

West Virginia 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?

$2,001

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,001 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$407 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$407 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $407 to $16,596Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,413professional $589

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$407.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,162.28
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 47th of 51

$2,001

$589 physician + $1,413 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.