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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

South Carolina 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?

$2,790

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,790 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$550 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$933 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $631 to $16,982Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $69 to $1,230
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $794

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
$933.25
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89
11 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
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$190.55

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$2,790

$794 physician + $1,995 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.