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Bladder Opened To Treat Inner Lining

Pennsylvania 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 July 2026.

How much does Bladder Opened To Treat Inner Lining cost?

$5,749

Typical total for the visit. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,749 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$437 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$2,570 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $8,511Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $417 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $501

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,412.54
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$741.31
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$5,011.87
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$602.56
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 10.4 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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

Pennsylvania· 16th of 50

$5,749

$501 physician + $5,248 facility

CA $9,723WV $938

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.