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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Missouri 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?

$3,403

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,403 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$794 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,318 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $724 to $6,310Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,778
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $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
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,248.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 35th of 50

$3,403

$891 physician + $2,512 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.