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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

New York 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?

$4,832

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,832 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$661 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,905 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $10,233Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,549
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $759

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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$190.55
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,786.30
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,884.03
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
15 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
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,148.15
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$100.00
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$134.90
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$120.23
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where New York 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 York· 14th of 51

$4,832

$759 physician + $4,074 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.