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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,345

Typical total for the visit. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,345 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$832$759 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$813 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $562 to $6,166Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,413
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $832

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
$724.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,479.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,174.90
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
10 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
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 47th of 51

$2,345

$832 physician + $1,514 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.