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Enlarging The Bladder With A Piece Of Intestine

Colorado 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?

$11,210

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,210 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,550 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,660$1,413 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,550$5,370 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $18,197Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $4,571
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $9,550professional $1,660

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
$1,412.54
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,818.38
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,754.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,165.95
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,630.27
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeColorado $11,210 · 6th of 50
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.