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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

New Mexico 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?

$2,390

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,390 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$977$741 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,096 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $933 to $9,550Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $741 to $4,169
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $977

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,122.02
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,995.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 48th of 50

$2,390

$977 physician + $1,413 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.