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Bladder Removal With Urinary Diversion

Minnesota 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?

$5,012

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,012 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,898 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 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$4,898$3,631 to $6,761
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$4,467 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $16,982Professionalmedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $8,128
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $4,898

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
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$30,199.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$19,952.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,549.93
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$5,012

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.