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BCG Placed Into the Bladder for Cancer

Texas rates for HCPCS 90586

A dose of BCG, a live weakened bacterium, supplied for putting directly into the bladder through a catheter as a treatment for early bladder cancer. It works by provoking the immune system to attack abnormal cells in the bladder lining, and is usually given as a course of weekly treatments followed by top-up doses. The charge covers the product itself; putting it into the bladder is billed separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does BCG Placed Into the Bladder for Cancer cost?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $407 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$209 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$251 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $166 to $776Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $178 to $229
$200$500$1Kfacility $407professional $214

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
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
8 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
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Arizona than in Alabama. 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.

Texas· 2nd of 51

$257

AZ $302AL $162

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.