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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 July 2026.

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

$8,346

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,346 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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$933$794 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$4,786 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $13,804Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,585
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $933

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
$794.33
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,548.82
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,513.56
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,548.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 9th of 50

$8,346

$933 physician + $7,413 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.