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Enlarging The Bladder With A Piece Of Intestine

North Carolina 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?

$4,093

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,093 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$1,905$1,479 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,514 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $3,715
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,188professional $1,905

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
$1,348.96
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,162.28
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where North Carolina 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 feeNorth Carolina $4,093 · 42nd 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.