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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Virginia 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?

$6,759

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,759 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$794 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$2,455 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $955 to $13,490Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,318
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $871

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
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 9th of 51

$6,759

$871 physician + $5,888 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.