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Enlarging The Bladder With A Piece Of Intestine

Tennessee 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?

$3,395

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,395 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,950$1,514 to $4,074
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$708 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,981Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $12,882
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $1,950

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,818.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30
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
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 29th of 51

$3,395

$1,950 physician + $1,445 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.