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Procedure price report · Endoscopy and endoscopic biopsy of the urinary tract

Bladder scope with urethra cut open under direct view

CPT 52276the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed through the urethra and a narrowed segment is cut open with a blade guided by direct视 view through the scope.

Hospitals typically charge $2,089 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 720 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,310. Most fall between $624 and $5,612 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
720
States
50
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 720 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
$427$698$2,089$4,595$9,956

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($427 vs $9,956).

How the prices are spread

$298 – $444: 43 hospitals$298$444 – $661: 79 hospitals$661 – $984: 106 hospitals$661$984 – $1,465: 65 hospitals$1,465 – $2,181: 41 hospitals$1,465$2,181 – $3,247: 91 hospitals$3,247 – $4,834: 91 hospitals$3,247$4,834 – $7,196: 78 hospitals$7,196 – $10,713: 23 hospitals$7,196$10,713 – $15,949: 32 hospitals$10,713median $2,089price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (649 of 720 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$298$44443
$444$66179
$661$984106
$984$1,46565
$1,465$2,18141
$2,181$3,24791
$3,247$4,83491
$4,834$7,19678
$7,196$10,71323
$10,713$15,94932

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,136
Median cash price$2,089
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.98×

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 $2,089.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $911 across 17 hospitalsWA$911Idaho: median $3,318 across 10 hospitalsID$3,318Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,601 across 28 hospitalsMN$1,601Illinois: median $1,083 across 23 hospitalsIL$1,083Wisconsin: median $1,240 across 44 hospitalsWI$1,240Michigan: median $890 across 37 hospitalsMI$890New York: median $2,424 across 53 hospitalsNY$2,424Massachusetts: median $2,975 across 10 hospitalsMA$2,975Oregon: median $648 across 18 hospitalsOR$648Nevada: 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $668 across 25 hospitalsIA$668Indiana: median $788 across 15 hospitalsIN$788Ohio: median $6,593 across 31 hospitalsOH$6,593Pennsylvania: median $2,056 across 29 hospitalsPA$2,056New Jersey: median $2,733 across 34 hospitalsNJ$2,733Connecticut: 3 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 $4,046 across 52 hospitalsCA$4,046Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $717 across 13 hospitalsNE$717Missouri: median $3,717 across 16 hospitalsMO$3,717Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $741 across 16 hospitalsWV$741Virginia: median $2,631 across 12 hospitalsVA$2,631Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: median $1,374 across 10 hospitalsAR$1,374Tennessee: median $3,288 across 16 hospitalsTN$3,288North Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $551 across 15 hospitalsOK$551Louisiana: median $2,024 across 11 hospitalsLA$2,024Mississippi: median $1,728 across 13 hospitalsMS$1,728Alabama: median $3,211 across 13 hospitalsAL$3,211Georgia: median $6,698 across 11 hospitalsGA$6,698Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,285 across 32 hospitalsTX$4,285Florida: median $1,297 across 13 hospitalsFL$1,297
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,089. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA11$6,698+221%$3,106 – $6,698
Ohio OH31$6,593+216%$1,297 – $16,650
Texas TX32$4,285+105%$2,089 – $5,548
California CA52$4,046+94%$2,163 – $5,807
Missouri MO16$3,717+78%$1,047 – $14,766
Idaho ID10$3,318+59%$531 – $5,304
Tennessee TN16$3,288+57%$278 – $3,984
Alabama AL13$3,211+54%$808 – $8,017
Massachusetts MA10$2,975+42%$1,220 – $6,709
New Jersey NJ34$2,733+31%$2,267 – $5,419
Virginia VA12$2,631+26%$1,221 – $10,524
New York NY53$2,424+16%$745 – $4,595
Pennsylvania PA29$2,056−2%$169 – $4,411
Louisiana LA11$2,024−3%$1,465 – $2,946
Mississippi MS13$1,728−17%$612 – $6,543
Minnesota MN28$1,601−23%$580 – $2,193
Arkansas AR10$1,374−34%$967 – $2,065
Florida FL13$1,297−38%$834 – $9,942
Wisconsin WI44$1,240−41%$698 – $2,608
Illinois IL23$1,083−48%$499 – $18,563
Washington WA17$911−56%$494 – $3,748
Michigan MI37$890−57%$602 – $2,874
Indiana IN15$788−62%$344 – $4,752
West Virginia WV16$741−65%$275 – $4,864
Nebraska NE13$717−66%$408 – $3,988
Iowa IA25$668−68%$641 – $1,711
Oregon OR18$648−69%$477 – $880
Oklahoma OK15$551−74%$551 – $4,177
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $2,089.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care560$2,481$685 – $5,807
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access150$865$496 – $2,193
Ownership
For-profit79$4,114$920 – $8,514
Government112$1,098$503 – $3,717
Non-profit527$2,065$635 – $5,447
System affiliation
Part of a system564$2,193$668 – $5,807
Independent156$1,248$509 – $4,404

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,373
Median cash price$2,089
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

345 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,003 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,632; most fall between $496 and $4,285.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 345 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
$367$551$1,003$4,046$5,807

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($367 vs $5,807).

Of the 383 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 345 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

720 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 788 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted720
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here48
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded14
Hospitals that filed this code788

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 Endoscopy and endoscopic biopsy of the urinary tract family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Cystourethroscopy W/Internal Urethrotomy.

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 urethra cut open under direct view (CPT 52276) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-52276-bladder-scope-with-urethra-cut-open-under-direct-view