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Complex Bladder Neck Support Operation

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 51841

Lifts and supports the bladder neck and the tube carrying urine out of the body with stitches placed through an incision in the lower abdomen, so that urine does not leak with coughing, laughing or exertion. This is the more demanding version, used when an earlier repair has failed or scarring makes the anatomy difficult.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Complex Bladder Neck Support Operation cost?

$3,778

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,778 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$871 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,175 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $794 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,188
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $1,148

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
$794.33
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 8.8 times more in Maine 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Carolina· 40th of 50

$3,778

$1,148 physician + $2,630 facility

ME $14,279WV $1,630

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.