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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Massachusetts 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 October 2026.

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

$2,122

Typical total for the visit. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,122 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$1,122$851 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$676 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $479 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $562 to $9,772
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $1,122

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,623.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,570.40
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,623.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,467.37
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Maine than in Massachusetts. 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

Massachusetts· 51st of 51

$2,122

$1,122 physician + $1,000 facility

ME $16,585MA $2,122

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.