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Open Bladder Surgery To Remove A Bladder Tumor

Wyoming 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?

$5,988

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,988 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$1,820$1,514 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$2,138 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,169professional $1,820

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 10th of 51

$5,988

$1,820 physician + $4,169 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.