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Enlarging The Bladder With A Piece Of Intestine

Nebraska 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?

$10,966

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,966 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,455 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$2,455$1,413 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$6,761 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $7,413
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $2,455

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$20,892.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$12,882.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$12,302.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,265.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 7th of 50

$10,966

$2,455 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.