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Enlarging The Bladder With A Piece Of Intestine

Alaska rates for HCPCS 51960

Surgery that makes the bladder bigger by opening it and patching in a segment of intestine, so it holds more urine at a lower pressure. The remaining intestine is rejoined so the bowel still works normally.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Enlarging The Bladder With A Piece Of Intestine cost?

$7,468

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,468 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,898 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$4,898$1,862 to $6,457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,660 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $9,772Professionalmedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $8,913
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,786.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,120.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,549.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,120.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 15th of 50

$7,468

$4,898 physician + $2,570 facility

ME $21,318MD $2,174

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.