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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 July 2026.

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

$6,183

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,183 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$813$708 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,239 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,511Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,288
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $813

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
$831.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,174.90
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$977.24
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 17th of 50

$6,183

$813 physician + $5,370 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.