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Pelvic Exenteration For Urinary Tract Cancer

California rates for HCPCS 51597

Removes the bladder together with the surrounding pelvic organs involved by cancer in one major operation, and creates a new route for urine to leave the body. Depending on how far the cancer has spread, reproductive organs and a section of the lower bowel may also be removed and a stoma created. It is a large open abdominal operation for extensive cancer of the bladder, prostate, or urethra.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pelvic Exenteration For Urinary Tract Cancer cost?

$15,136

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,136 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $10,965 to $20,893.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,136 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $28,840Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $4,571
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $15,136professional $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
$3,981.07
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,818.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$14,125.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$17,378.01

Where California sits

The same service costs 15.1 times more in Maine than in Wyoming. 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.

California· 3rd of 50

$15,136

ME $19,498WY $1,288

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.