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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Arkansas 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?

$2,277

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,277 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$776 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$955 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,631Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,479
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $1,047

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,513.56
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 49th of 51

$2,277

$1,047 physician + $1,230 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.