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Partial Bladder Removal, Simple

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 51550

Surgery to remove a portion of the bladder while leaving the rest in place. This is the simple version of the operation; removing the entire bladder with urinary rerouting is a different, more extensive service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Partial Bladder Removal, Simple cost?

$5,209

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,209 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$1,072 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$851 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $490 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $1,318

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
$676.08
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 10.3 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$5,209

$1,318 physician + $3,890 facility

ME $16,837MD $1,634

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.