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Enlarging The Bladder With A Piece Of Intestine

Virginia 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?

$7,208

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,208 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$1,479 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$2,042 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $18,621Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $2,884
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $5,623professional $1,585

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
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,511.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,884.03
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,025.60
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Virginia 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 feeVirginia $7,208 · 18th 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.