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Bladder Dilation For Painful Bladder, Local Anesthesia

Montana rates for HCPCS 52265

This procedure uses a thin scope passed through the urethra to stretch and dilate the bladder as a treatment for interstitial cystitis, a chronic condition that causes bladder pain and pressure. It's performed under local numbing medicine rather than general or spinal anesthesia. Stretching the bladder can temporarily relieve pain and pressure symptoms for some patients.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bladder Dilation For Painful Bladder, Local Anesthesia cost?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 5 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$427$224 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$275 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $275 to $724Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $170 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $427

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$645.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 7.1 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.

Montana· 26th of 51

$427

CA $2,239WV $316

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.