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Enlarging The Bladder With A Piece Of Intestine

Minnesota 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?

$8,859

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,859 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$3,236$2,399 to $4,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$3,802 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $13,183Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $5,370
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $5,623professional $3,236

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
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,471.29
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Minnesota 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 feeMinnesota $8,859 · 11th 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.