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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

North Dakota 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?

$3,441

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,441 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$1,230 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$776 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $776 to $3,236Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,862
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $1,445

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 28th of 51

$3,441

$1,445 physician + $1,995 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.