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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Colorado 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?

$7,605

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,605 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$933 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$3,548 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,778
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $1,148

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$691.83

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 5th of 51

$7,605

$1,148 physician + $6,457 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.