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Bladder Surgery To Repair A Ureterocele

Washington rates for HCPCS 51535

The bladder is opened through an incision so the surgeon can cut into, remove or repair a ureterocele, a balloon-like swelling at the end of the tube bringing urine down from the kidney. Relieving it lets urine drain freely into the bladder again.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bladder Surgery To Repair A Ureterocele cost?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,445 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,445$1,000 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,549 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $15,136Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,138
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,042professional $1,445

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,089.30
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$19,054.61
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,709.64
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,090.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$331.13
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,071.52
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$19,054.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in California 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.

Washington· 9th of 51

$1,585

CA $6,457WV $794

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.