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Complete Bladder Removal

Texas 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?

$3,455

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,455 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$174 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,318 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $603 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $85 to $2,455
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $2,455professional $1,000

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
$1,122.02
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16,595.87
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$17,782.79
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,454.71
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
12 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
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Texas 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

Texas· 33rd of 51

$3,455

$1,000 physician + $2,455 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.