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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

New Jersey 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?

$4,183

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,183 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$794$661 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,188 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $9,120Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $794

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,137.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,862.09
6 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 18th of 51

$4,183

$794 physician + $3,388 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.