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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Illinois 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?

$2,839

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,839 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$794 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,259 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $776 to $9,772Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,862professional $977

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
$776.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$23,442.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,981.07
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 44th of 50

$2,839

$977 physician + $1,862 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.