Cystoscopy cost in Duluth, MN
In Duluth, MN-WI, 9 hospitals list a cash price for cystoscopy, diagnostic look inside the bladder and urethra: from $339.15 to $1,451.40, with a median of $652.08. The lowest listed price is at Range Regional Health Services — $312.93 less than the median here. Across Minnesota, the median is $766.79 at 38 hospitals.
Cash prices at 9 facilities across 6 cities for code 52000, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Duluth, MN-WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range Regional Health Services lowest Hibbing, MN · (218) 362-6730 HC CYSTOURETHROSCOPY | $339.15 | $798.00 | $275.31–$2,197.60 | 58% | Jan 29, 2026 source file |
| Range Regional Health Services Hibbing, MN · (218) 362-6730 PR CYSTOURETHROSCOPY | $451.78 | $1,063.00 | $53.46–$977.96 | 57% | Jan 29, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Virginia Virginia, MN · (218) 741-3340 CYSTOURETHROSCOPY | $620.46 | $988.00 | $227.24–$893.15 | 37% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health St. Mary's Children's Hospital Duluth, MN CYSTOURETHROSCOPY | $652.08 | $988.00 | $327.03–$849.68 | 34% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center Duluth, MN · (218) 786-3574 CYSTOURETHROSCOPY | $652.08 | $988.00 | $327.03–$849.68 | 34% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Duluth Duluth, MN · (218) 786-2652 CYSTOURETHROSCOPY | $652.08 | $988.00 | $327.03–$849.68 | 34% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Cystourethroscopy; Temp Stent Placement | $830.69 | $1,527.00 | — | 46% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 CYSTOURETHROSCOPY | $985.18 | $1,811.00 | — | 46% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Pro Scope of Bladder and Urethra, for Diagnosis | $985.18 | $1,811.00 | — | 46% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health St Marys Hospital-Superior Superior, WI · (715) 817-7000 CYSTOURETHROSCOPY | $1,451.40 | $1,964.00 | $628.48–$1,777.42 | 26% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Moose Lake Moose Lake, MN · (218) 786-1367 CYSTOURETHROSCOPY | $1,451.40 | $1,964.00 | $781.67–$1,777.42 | 26% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Northern Pines Aurora, MN · (218) 229-4222 CYSTOURETHROSCOPY | $1,451.40 | $1,964.00 | $753.98–$1,964.00 | 26% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $339.15, median $652.08, highest $1,451.40 — a 4.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $652.08. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 8 of 8 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
Cystoscopy uses a thin scope passed through the urethra to look inside the bladder and urethra. It is used to check for blood in the urine, repeated infections, bladder symptoms or to follow up on bladder cancer.
What the price covers
The listed price usually covers the procedure. The urologist's fee and any sedation may be billed separately, and a biopsy or treatment done during the exam changes the code.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 52000 ($894.24). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Range Regional Health Services Hibbing, MNAS CYSTOURETHROSCOPY | $38.25 | file |