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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 July 2026.

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

$3,092

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,092 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$977 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,148 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,738
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $1,096

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,630.27
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 39th of 50

$3,092

$1,096 physician + $1,995 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.