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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract

Open removal of a bladder pouch (diverticulum)

CPT 51525the billing code this page is about

Surgery through an incision in the bladder to remove one or more outpouchings of the bladder wall; the single price covers the operation whether one or several pouches are removed.

Hospitals typically charge $2,168 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 229 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,633. Most fall between $1,418 and $4,364 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
229
States
43
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 229 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$972$1,558$2,168$4,199$6,311

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($972 vs $6,311).

How the prices are spread

$743 – $951: 9 hospitals$743$951 – $1,216: 14 hospitals$1,216 – $1,555: 23 hospitals$1,216$1,555 – $1,990: 39 hospitals$1,990 – $2,545: 31 hospitals$1,990$2,545 – $3,255: 16 hospitals$3,255 – $4,164: 19 hospitals$3,255$4,164 – $5,326: 32 hospitals$5,326 – $6,813: 16 hospitals$5,326$6,813 – $8,714: 8 hospitals$6,813median $2,168price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (207 of 229 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$743$9519
$951$1,21614
$1,216$1,55523
$1,555$1,99039
$1,990$2,54531
$2,545$3,25516
$3,255$4,16419
$4,164$5,32632
$5,326$6,81316
$6,813$8,7148

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,168.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,558 across 12 hospitalsIL$1,558Wisconsin: median $4,364 across 25 hospitalsWI$4,364Michigan: median $1,650 across 15 hospitalsMI$1,650New York: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $2,492 across 13 hospitalsOR$2,492Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,168 across 16 hospitalsIA$2,168Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,453 across 10 hospitalsOH$3,453Pennsylvania: median $626 across 16 hospitalsPA$626New Jersey: median $5,110 across 12 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $1,418 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,418Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,168. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ12$5,110+136%$4,350 – $5,855
Wisconsin WI25$4,364+101%$4,199 – $6,138
Ohio OH10$3,453+59%$1,602 – $4,009
Oregon OR13$2,492+15%$1,565 – $2,893
Iowa IA16$2,1680%$2,168 – $2,168
Michigan MI15$1,650−24%$1,120 – $2,258
Illinois IL12$1,558−28%$1,522 – $8,714
Oklahoma OK10$1,418−35%$1,418 – $1,418
Pennsylvania PA16$626−71%$530 – $5,660
New York NY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,168.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care174$2,168$1,385 – $4,340
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access48$4,199$1,585 – $5,714
Ownership
For-profit22$2,399$1,558 – $4,199
Government33$2,017$1,385 – $3,010
Non-profit173$2,260$1,414 – $4,364
System affiliation
Part of a system180$2,260$1,418 – $4,364
Independent49$2,047$1,385 – $4,120

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,934
Median cash price$2,168
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

140 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,168 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,361; most fall between $1,418 and $4,199.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 140 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$981$1,558$2,168$3,486$5,660

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($981 vs $5,660).

Of the 159 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 140 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

229 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 272 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted229
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here28
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded14
Hospitals that filed this code272

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Cystotomy Excise Bladder Diverticulum 1/Multiple.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Open removal of a bladder pouch (diverticulum) (CPT 51525) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-51525-open-removal-of-a-bladder-pouch-diverticulum