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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

South Dakota 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?

$3,200

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,200 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$851 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,023 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $933 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $661 to $2,188
$1K$2Kfacility $1,820professional $1,380

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$9,772.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,137.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 37th of 50

$3,200

$1,380 physician + $1,820 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.