go back

Bladder Removal With Urinary Diversion

Nebraska 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?

$3,890

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,802 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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$3,802$1,950 to $4,677
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$6,761 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $16,596Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $11,220
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $3,802

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,988.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$21,877.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$30,199.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,456.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 12th of 51

$3,890

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.