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Enlarging The Bladder With A Piece Of Intestine

Illinois 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?

$3,283

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,283 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$1,698$1,413 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$708 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $513 to $15,136Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $2,951
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $1,698

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
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$43,651.58
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,025.60
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30
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
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 32nd of 51

$3,283

$1,698 physician + $1,585 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.