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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Arizona 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?

$5,548

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,548 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$759 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$2,344 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $8,318Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $871

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
$2,041.74
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 22nd of 50

$5,548

$871 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.