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Removal of a Bladder Pouch

Wyoming rates for HCPCS 51525

Open operation in which the bladder is opened and a pouch bulging out through a weak spot in its wall is cut away, then the wall is closed again. One or several such pouches can be dealt with at the same sitting. They are removed because urine collects in them instead of draining out.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of a Bladder Pouch cost?

$6,164

Typical total for the visit. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,164 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,995$1,660 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$2,138 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,169professional $1,995

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Maine than in Delaware. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Wyoming· 10th of 51

$6,164

$1,995 physician + $4,169 facility

ME $16,690DE $2,304

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.