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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Michigan 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?

$5,789

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,789 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$891$759 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,631 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $977 to $6,918Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $891

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
$977.24
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 21st of 50

$5,789

$891 physician + $4,898 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.