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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 July 2026.

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

$3,796

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,796 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$813 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$891 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $525 to $6,310Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $708 to $2,188
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $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
$812.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,290.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,089.30
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 33rd of 50

$3,796

$977 physician + $2,818 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.