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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Utah 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?

$4,510

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,510 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$1,122$955 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,413 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,239
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $1,122

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
$1,122.02
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,621.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,584.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,621.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Utah 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

Utah· 29th of 50

$4,510

$1,122 physician + $3,388 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.