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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract

Bladder scope with placement of radioactive material

CPT 52250the billing code this page is about

A scope exam of the bladder during which a radioactive substance is placed inside, with or without a biopsy or destruction of tissue.

Hospitals typically charge $1,402 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 295 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,403. Most fall between $392 and $6,558 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
295
States
43
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 295 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
$283$414$1,402$5,419$8,773

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 31× what the cheapest tenth charges ($283 vs $8,773).

How the prices are spread

$218 – $318: 17 hospitals$218$318 – $465: 64 hospitals$465 – $679: 30 hospitals$465$679 – $992: 13 hospitals$992 – $1,449: 10 hospitals$992$1,449 – $2,117: 8 hospitals$2,117 – $3,093: 3 hospitals$2,117$3,093 – $4,518: 37 hospitals$4,518 – $6,601: 53 hospitals$4,518$6,601 – $9,643: 41 hospitals$6,601median $1,402price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (276 of 295 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$218$31817
$318$46564
$465$67930
$679$99213
$992$1,44910
$1,449$2,1178
$2,117$3,0933
$3,093$4,51837
$4,518$6,60153
$6,601$9,64341

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,601
Median cash price$1,402
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.39×

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 $1,402.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMNIllinois: median $421 across 12 hospitalsIL$421Wisconsin: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $412 across 11 hospitalsMI$412New York: median $4,081 across 23 hospitalsNY$4,081Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $427 across 13 hospitalsOR$427Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $604 across 16 hospitalsIA$604Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $110 across 14 hospitalsPA$110New Jersey: median $4,062 across 22 hospitalsNJ$4,062Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,643 across 36 hospitalsCA$9,643Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $392 across 12 hospitalsOK$392Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,647 across 19 hospitalsTX$4,647Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,402. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA36$9,643+588%$6,594 – $9,643
Texas TX19$4,647+232%$4,647 – $4,647
New York NY23$4,081+191%$811 – $4,184
New Jersey NJ22$4,062+190%$3,818 – $5,419
Iowa IA16$604−57%$604 – $604
Oregon OR13$427−70%$142 – $432
Illinois IL12$421−70%$331 – $1,287
Michigan MI11$412−71%$412 – $4,847
Oklahoma OK12$392−72%$392 – $392
Pennsylvania PA14$110−92%$93 – $4,044
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $1,402.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care243$3,769$406 – $6,594
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access48$520$331 – $2,143
Ownership
For-profit27$3,318$331 – $5,864
Government46$854$414 – $4,081
Non-profit221$2,102$392 – $6,594
System affiliation
Part of a system247$2,143$392 – $6,594
Independent48$584$408 – $4,326

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$946
Median cash price$1,402
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

180 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $671 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,468; most fall between $331 and $6,601.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 180 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
$244$392$671$6,594$9,643

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 39× what the cheapest tenth charges ($244 vs $9,643).

Of the 201 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 180 gave a usable cash price; 9 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 12 a list price only.

How complete is this

295 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 321 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted295
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here17
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code321

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Cystourethroscopy Insj Radioact Sbst W/Wobx/Fulg.

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 placement of radioactive material (CPT 52250) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-52250-bladder-scope-with-placement-of-radioactive-material