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Bladder Opened To Treat Inner Lining

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 51020

Surgery in which the bladder is opened through an incision in the lower abdomen so an abnormal area on its inner lining can be treated directly. The surgeon destroys the area with an electric current or places radioactive material against it, then closes the bladder. It is used when treatment through a scope passed up the urinary tube is not sufficient.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bladder Opened To Treat Inner Lining cost?

$2,990

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,990 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$525 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,479 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $933 to $6,761Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $437 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $646

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$776.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$549.54

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$2,990

$646 physician + $2,344 facility

AK $5,979MT $1,500

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.