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Bladder Telescope With Radioactive Implant

Alabama rates for HCPCS 52250

A lighted telescope is passed along the urethra into the bladder and a radioactive material is placed at a tumor inside, so radiation is delivered to it directly from within the bladder. A tissue sample may be taken or bleeding sealed during the same procedure. Everything is done through the body's natural passage, with no external incision.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bladder Telescope With Radioactive Implant cost?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$457$240 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$1,514 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $3,890Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $229 to $646
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,344professional $457

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
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in California 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.

Alabama· 20th of 51

$468

CA $6,607WV $251

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.