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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Florida 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?

$9,914

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,914 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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$794$692 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$3,311 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $25,704Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,230
$100$1K$10Kfacility $9,120professional $794

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
$1,047.13
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,621.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33

Where Florida 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

Florida· 6th of 50

$9,914

$794 physician + $9,120 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.