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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Idaho 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?

$3,092

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,092 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,072 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,380 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $851 to $3,981Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $871 to $1,738
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $1,230

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,630.27
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
21 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
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 35th of 51

$3,092

$1,230 physician + $1,862 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.