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Enlarging The Bladder With A Piece Of Intestine

Kentucky 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?

$9,990

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,990 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$1,479$1,380 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$1,698 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,479

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
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$12,882.50
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 10th of 50

$9,990

$1,479 physician + $8,511 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.