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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Texas 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?

$2,590

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,590 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$501$85.11 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,230 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,710Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $33 to $891
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $2,089professional $501

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
$870.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
12 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
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96

Where Texas 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

Texas· 43rd of 51

$2,590

$501 physician + $2,089 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.