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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Alaska rates for HCPCS 51530

Surgery that opens the bladder through an incision in the lower abdomen so a growth on the bladder wall can be cut out directly. It is used when a tumor cannot be reached or removed adequately through the urethra.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor cost?

$4,104

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,104 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,692$1,380 to $3,631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$933 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $776 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $776 to $5,012
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $2,692

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,630.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,011.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,370.32
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,011.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in Maine 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 32nd of 50

$4,104

$2,692 physician + $1,413 facility

ME $14,230WV $1,537

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.