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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Tennessee 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?

$3,535

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,535 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$832 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,318 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,754Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $724 to $9,772
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $1,023

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
6 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
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 27th of 51

$3,535

$1,023 physician + $2,512 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.