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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Kentucky 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?

$8,076

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,076 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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$832$759 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$933 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,549
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $832

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
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,786.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 11th of 50

$8,076

$832 physician + $7,244 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.