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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove Bladder Neck Tissue

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 51520

Surgery that opens the bladder through an incision in the lower abdomen so the surgeon can cut away tissue at the bladder neck, the narrow outlet where the bladder empties into the urethra. It is done when scarring or overgrowth at that outlet is blocking the flow of urine.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Bladder Surgery To Remove Bladder Neck Tissue cost?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 5 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$759$646 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$2,399 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $7,079Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $575 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,020professional $759

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
$870.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$33,884.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 10.5 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.

Tennessee· 32nd of 51

$933

CA $6,607WV $631

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.