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Bladder Removal With Urinary Diversion

Michigan 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,455 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$2,455$2,089 to $2,692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,467 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $6,918Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $2,884
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $2,455

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
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,606.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,309.57
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 36th of 51

$2,570

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.