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Enlarging The Bladder With A Piece Of Intestine

Georgia 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 October 2026.

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

$3,054

Typical total for the visit. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,054 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,905$1,585 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$631 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $513 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,148professional $1,905

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,265.80
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 12.0 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

Georgia· 38th of 51

$3,054

$1,905 physician + $1,148 facility

ME $24,859MD $2,076

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.