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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Nebraska 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?

$9,924

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,924 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$1,413$759 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$5,370 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $708 to $4,169
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,413

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$20,892.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$9,772.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 5th of 50

$9,924

$1,413 physician + $8,511 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.