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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

West 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 July 2026.

How much does Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor cost?

$1,537

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $724 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$759 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$724$724 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,413Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,096
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $724professional $813

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
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$870.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 50th of 50

$1,537

$813 physician + $724 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.