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Procedure price report · Transurethral excision, drainage, or removal urinary obstruction

Bladder scope with removal of large bladder tumor

CPT 52240the billing code this page is about

A scope exam in which a large bladder tumor, generally over 5 centimeters, is burned away or cut out.

Hospitals typically charge $3,917 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 846 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,368. Most fall between $991 and $10,785 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
846
States
49
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 846 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$643$1,195$3,917$9,086$17,578

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 27× what the cheapest tenth charges ($643 vs $17,578).

How the prices are spread

$473 – $689: 64 hospitals$473$689 – $1,004: 79 hospitals$1,004 – $1,464: 73 hospitals$1,004$1,464 – $2,134: 57 hospitals$2,134 – $3,110: 69 hospitals$2,134$3,110 – $4,532: 56 hospitals$4,532 – $6,606: 137 hospitals$4,532$6,606 – $9,628: 83 hospitals$9,628 – $14,033: 56 hospitals$9,628$14,033 – $20,454: 90 hospitals$14,033median $3,917price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (764 of 846 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$473$68964
$689$1,00479
$1,004$1,46473
$1,464$2,13457
$2,134$3,11069
$3,110$4,53256
$4,532$6,606137
$6,606$9,62883
$9,628$14,03356
$14,033$20,45490

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,478
Median cash price$3,917
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.72×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,917.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $809 across 11 hospitalsME$809Vermont: median $1,284 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,284New Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $901 across 14 hospitalsWA$901Idaho: median $12,489 across 13 hospitalsID$12,489Montana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,925 across 35 hospitalsMN$2,925Illinois: median $1,943 across 30 hospitalsIL$1,943Wisconsin: median $2,220 across 36 hospitalsWI$2,220Michigan: median $2,015 across 41 hospitalsMI$2,015New York: median $6,016 across 54 hospitalsNY$6,016Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,114 across 19 hospitalsOR$1,114Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $991 across 34 hospitalsIA$991Indiana: median $2,390 across 25 hospitalsIN$2,390Ohio: median $14,644 across 58 hospitalsOH$14,644Pennsylvania: median $4,044 across 31 hospitalsPA$4,044New Jersey: median $5,627 across 34 hospitalsNJ$5,627Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,594 across 62 hospitalsCA$6,594Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,365 across 19 hospitalsNE$1,365Missouri: median $10,596 across 22 hospitalsMO$10,596Kentucky: median $1,418 across 10 hospitalsKY$1,418West Virginia: median $4,092 across 19 hospitalsWV$4,092Virginia: median $3,565 across 21 hospitalsVA$3,565Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,917 across 10 hospitalsAZ$3,917New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,000 across 10 hospitalsKS$1,000Arkansas: median $2,878 across 10 hospitalsAR$2,878Tennessee: median $4,931 across 15 hospitalsTN$4,931North Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $643 across 14 hospitalsOK$643Louisiana: median $3,277 across 18 hospitalsLA$3,277Mississippi: median $1,235 across 10 hospitalsMS$1,235Alabama: median $5,116 across 15 hospitalsAL$5,116Georgia: median $307 across 10 hospitalsGA$307Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,359 across 34 hospitalsTX$5,359Florida: median $11,338 across 16 hospitalsFL$11,338
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,917. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH58$14,644+274%$5,537 – $19,374
Idaho ID13$12,489+219%$1,957 – $12,489
Florida FL16$11,338+189%$6,935 – $18,164
Missouri MO22$10,596+170%$3,201 – $20,041
California CA62$6,594+68%$2,913 – $17,578
New York NY54$6,016+54%$1,095 – $9,188
New Jersey NJ34$5,627+44%$4,881 – $6,471
Texas TX34$5,359+37%$4,942 – $13,195
Alabama AL15$5,116+31%$1,914 – $11,512
Tennessee TN15$4,931+26%$508 – $6,393
West Virginia WV19$4,092+4%$406 – $8,520
Pennsylvania PA31$4,044+3%$261 – $10,399
Arizona AZ10$3,9170%$430 – $15,986
Virginia VA21$3,565−9%$2,971 – $19,866
Louisiana LA18$3,277−16%$2,176 – $7,365
Minnesota MN35$2,925−25%$954 – $3,631
Arkansas AR10$2,878−27%$961 – $5,373
Indiana IN25$2,390−39%$1,060 – $15,270
Wisconsin WI36$2,220−43%$1,968 – $5,657
Michigan MI41$2,015−49%$1,848 – $7,373
Illinois IL30$1,943−50%$991 – $10,142
Kentucky KY10$1,418−64%$398 – $2,480
Nebraska NE19$1,365−65%$719 – $4,501
Vermont VT10$1,284−67%$859 – $2,023
Mississippi MS10$1,235−68%$1,092 – $9,198
Oregon OR19$1,114−72%$705 – $1,304
Kansas KS10$1,000−74%$612 – $3,914
Iowa IA34$991−75%$927 – $4,956
Washington WA14$901−77%$730 – $6,448
Maine ME11$809−79%$544 – $1,308
Oklahoma OK14$643−84%$643 – $10,364
Georgia GA10$307−92%$307 – $5,351
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,917.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care653$5,632$1,217 – $13,784
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access183$1,304$718 – $3,040
Ownership
For-profit94$6,898$1,957 – $14,195
Government129$1,914$736 – $7,219
Non-profit621$3,897$991 – $10,399
System affiliation
Part of a system666$4,942$1,061 – $12,473
Independent180$2,164$787 – $8,318

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,227
Median cash price$3,917
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

389 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,023 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,773; most fall between $689 and $6,665.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 389 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$549$828$2,023$6,049$12,489

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($549 vs $12,489).

Of the 442 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 389 gave a usable cash price; 26 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 27 a list price only.

How complete is this

846 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (21%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 934 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted846
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here56
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded9
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded23
Hospitals that filed this code934

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Transurethral excision, drainage, or removal urinary obstruction family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Cystourethroscopy W/Dest &/Rmvl Tumor Large.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Bladder scope with removal of large bladder tumor (CPT 52240) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-52240-bladder-scope-with-removal-of-large-bladder-tumor