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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Indiana 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?

$12,352

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,352 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,482 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$776 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,482$7,762 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $17,783Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,445
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $11,482professional $871

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
$870.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,584.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 2nd of 50

$12,352

$871 physician + $11,482 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.