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Procedure price report · Procedures on the urethra

Bladder scope with drug-coated balloon widening of urethra

CPT 52284the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed through the male urethra, the narrowed area is stretched, and a medicine-coated balloon catheter delivers drug to the treated segment.

Hospitals typically charge $5,556 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 436 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,440. Most fall between $1,303 and $10,399 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
436
States
47
Filings dated
Jul 2025 – 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 436 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
$746$2,343$5,556$9,188$15,288

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($746 vs $15,288).

How the prices are spread

$392 – $585: 10 hospitals$392$585 – $873: 38 hospitals$873 – $1,302: 12 hospitals$873$1,302 – $1,941: 21 hospitals$1,941 – $2,894: 32 hospitals$1,941$2,894 – $4,316: 44 hospitals$4,316 – $6,437: 70 hospitals$4,316$6,437 – $9,599: 94 hospitals$9,599 – $14,315: 44 hospitals$9,599$14,315 – $21,347: 29 hospitals$14,315median $5,556price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (394 of 436 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$392$58510
$585$87338
$873$1,30212
$1,302$1,94121
$1,941$2,89432
$2,894$4,31644
$4,316$6,43770
$6,437$9,59994
$9,599$14,31544
$14,315$21,34729

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,478
Median cash price$5,556
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.01×

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 $5,556.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,641 across 19 hospitalsMN$2,641Illinois: median $4,755 across 17 hospitalsIL$4,755Wisconsin: median $824 across 32 hospitalsWI$824Michigan: median $3,338 across 35 hospitalsMI$3,338New York: median $6,364 across 33 hospitalsNY$6,364Massachusetts: median $12,489 across 15 hospitalsMA$12,489Oregon: median $298 across 10 hospitalsOR$298Nevada: 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $6,854 across 17 hospitalsIA$6,854Indiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $14,671 across 15 hospitalsOH$14,671Pennsylvania: median $950 across 18 hospitalsPA$950New Jersey: median $5,627 across 30 hospitalsNJ$5,627Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,862 across 41 hospitalsCA$6,862Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $6,478 across 11 hospitalsVA$6,478Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: median $9,960 across 11 hospitalsFL$9,960
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,556. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH15$14,671+164%$887 – $23,485
Massachusetts MA15$12,489+125%$3,396 – $15,318
Florida FL11$9,960+79%$887 – $14,282
California CA41$6,862+24%$4,763 – $9,145
Iowa IA17$6,854+23%$4,350 – $6,854
Virginia VA11$6,478+17%$1,706 – $25,946
New York NY33$6,364+15%$6,016 – $9,188
New Jersey NJ30$5,627+1%$4,350 – $6,472
Illinois IL17$4,755−14%$1,303 – $27,912
Michigan MI35$3,338−40%$2,707 – $7,373
Minnesota MN19$2,641−52%$2,641 – $4,750
Pennsylvania PA18$950−83%$744 – $9,579
Wisconsin WI32$824−85%$746 – $2,951
Oregon OR10$298−95%$298 – $7,016
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not 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 $5,556.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care362$6,016$2,343 – $10,947
Critical access73$2,625$746 – $6,854
Ownership
For-profit34$6,862$1,303 – $14,365
Government55$4,897$692 – $7,773
Non-profit346$5,627$1,303 – $10,699
System affiliation
Part of a system373$5,908$1,528 – $10,399
Independent63$3,536$528 – $10,797

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,063
Median cash price$5,556
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

223 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,736 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,412; most fall between $746 and $9,145.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 223 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
$330$772$3,736$6,959$11,741

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 36× what the cheapest tenth charges ($330 vs $11,741).

Of the 249 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 223 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 1 gave an estimate, and 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

436 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 499 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted436
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here45
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded9
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code499

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 Procedures on the urethra family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Cysto W/Dilat Rx Balo Cath Urtl Strix/Sten Male.

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 drug-coated balloon widening of urethra (CPT 52284) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-52284-bladder-scope-with-drug-coated-balloon-widening-of-urethra