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Enlarging The Bladder With A Piece Of Intestine

New York 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?

$5,920

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,920 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,349$1,175 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,820 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $1,349

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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,370.32
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,786.30
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,511.89
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,786.30
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
15 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
$794.33
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$204.17
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$181.97
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$245.47
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$218.78
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where New York 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

New York· 13th of 51

$5,920

$1,349 physician + $4,571 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.