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Enlarging The Bladder With A Piece Of Intestine

Iowa 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?

$7,366

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,366 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$1,995$1,413 to $3,631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,951 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $8,128
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $1,995

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
$1,995.26
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$12,302.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,365.16
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 16th of 50

$7,366

$1,995 physician + $5,370 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.