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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 July 2026.

How much does Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor cost?

$7,769

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$851$741 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$4,677 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $12,303Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,089
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $851

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
$1,288.25
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 13th of 50

$7,769

$851 physician + $6,918 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.