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Enlarging The Bladder With A Piece Of Intestine

South 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?

$5,500

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,500 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$1,698$1,413 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,698 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $22,909Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $3,802
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $1,698

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
$1,698.24
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 28th of 50

$5,500

$1,698 physician + $3,802 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.