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Complete Bladder Removal

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 51570

Open operation to remove the whole bladder. Because urine can no longer be stored, a new route out of the body has to be built for it, and that reconstruction is handled as a separate part of the operation. Removing pelvic lymph nodes is not part of this version.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Complete Bladder Removal cost?

$3,244

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,244 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$2,042$1,778 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$575 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,457Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $2,754
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $2,042

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,630.27
3 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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 11.6 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

Rhode Island· 39th of 51

$3,244

$2,042 physician + $1,202 facility

ME $24,998MD $2,147

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.