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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Kansas 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?

$4,802

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,802 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$1,000$871 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,905 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,514
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $1,000

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
$1,047.13
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 27th of 50

$4,802

$1,000 physician + $3,802 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.