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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Oklahoma 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?

$2,866

Typical total for the visit. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,866 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$851 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,148 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $871 to $6,607Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $871

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
$870.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 43rd of 50

$2,866

$871 physician + $1,995 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.