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Open Bladder Surgery To Destroy A Growth

Minnesota 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 October 2026.

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

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,380$1,047 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$912 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,291Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,344
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $1,380

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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,949.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 28.2 times more in Connecticut than in New Mexico. 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.

Minnesota· 26th of 41

$1,288

CT $11,749NM $417

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.