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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 October 2026.

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

$11,602

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,602 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,090 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$3,090$1,698 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$4,786 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $251,189Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $813 to $4,365
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $8,511professional $3,090

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
$3,630.78
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,630.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,128.61
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Maine than in Massachusetts. 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· 2nd of 51

$11,602

$3,090 physician + $8,511 facility

ME $16,585MA $2,122

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.