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Open Bladder Surgery To Destroy A Growth

California rates for HCPCS 51030

An operation that opens the bladder through an incision in the lower abdomen so a growth on the inner lining can be destroyed directly. It is used when a lesion cannot be reached or dealt with adequately through a telescope passed along the urethra.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Bladder Surgery To Destroy A Growth cost?

$10,233

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,233 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,995 from a physician practice, and about $10,471 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,995$851 to $8,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,471$6,607 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $6,026 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,471professional $1,995

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,344.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,398.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$33,884.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99

Where California sits

The same service costs 25.7 times more in Connecticut than in Pennsylvania. 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.

California· 3rd of 46

$10,233

CT $11,749PA $457

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.