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Bladder Removal With Urinary Diversion

Illinois rates for HCPCS 51585

Removal of the whole bladder, together with construction of a new route for urine to leave the body and removal of lymph nodes from the pelvis so they can be checked for cancer spread. It is a major open operation, most often done for bladder cancer, and involves several days in hospital.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bladder Removal With Urinary Diversion cost?

$2,630

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 6 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$2,570$2,138 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,862 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $4,786
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $2,570

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$33,113.11
Typical High
$63,095.73
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,168.69
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,471.29
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,884.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 4.3 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.

Illinois· 31st of 51

$2,630

CA $9,120WV $2,138

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.