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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Minnesota 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?

$3,711

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,711 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$1,622$1,259 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,318 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $891 to $3,162
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $1,622

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
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,548.13
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,090.30
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 23rd of 51

$3,711

$1,622 physician + $2,089 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.