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Open Bladder Surgery To Destroy A Growth

Wisconsin 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?

$7,762

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,762 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $8,128 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$1,738$1,514 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,128$6,166 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $5,012 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $891 to $8,318
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $8,128professional $1,738

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
$5,011.87
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 9th of 46

$7,762

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.