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Open Bladder Surgery To Destroy A Growth

Massachusetts 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?

$8,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8,318 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 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$8,318$8,318 to $8,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$2,692 to $33,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $33,884Professionalmedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $813 to $8,318
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $8,318

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$33,884.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$33,884.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 7th of 46

$8,318

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.