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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Iowa 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?

$6,601

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,601 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$1,230$977 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,995 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $724 to $4,571
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $1,230

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
$1,122.02
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,187.76
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$9,772.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,454.71
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 50

$6,601

$1,230 physician + $5,370 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.