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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Alabama 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?

$6,156

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,156 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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$1,479$794 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$2,399 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,089
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $1,479

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 18th of 50

$6,156

$1,479 physician + $4,677 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.