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Partial Bladder Removal, Simple

Mississippi 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?

$2,589

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$1,698$933 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$562 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,630Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,630
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $891professional $1,698

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
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,041.74
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
$446.68
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 34th of 51

$2,589

$1,698 physician + $891 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.