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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

New Hampshire 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?

$11,061

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,061 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,772 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$1,288$851 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,772$4,677 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $16,218Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,188
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,772professional $1,288

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
$100.00
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,595.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 3rd of 50

$11,061

$1,288 physician + $9,772 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.