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Enlarging The Bladder With A Piece Of Intestine

Missouri 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?

$4,733

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,733 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$2,042$1,585 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,202 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $525 to $10,471Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $3,890
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $2,042

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
$1,584.89
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
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
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 18th of 51

$4,733

$2,042 physician + $2,692 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.