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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic procedures of urinary tract

Unlisted keyhole procedure on the bladder

CPT 51999the billing code this page is about

Used for a laparoscopic bladder operation that has no specific billing code of its own.

Hospitals typically charge $4,348 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 309 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,936. Most fall between $1,531 and $11,826 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
309
States
45
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 309 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
$937$1,663$4,348$8,313$26,214

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 28× what the cheapest tenth charges ($937 vs $26,214).

How the prices are spread

$545 – $835: 8 hospitals$545$835 – $1,279: 26 hospitals$1,279 – $1,959: 34 hospitals$1,279$1,959 – $3,000: 19 hospitals$3,000 – $4,596: 59 hospitals$3,000$4,596 – $7,040: 53 hospitals$7,040 – $10,784: 28 hospitals$7,040$10,784 – $16,519: 25 hospitals$16,519 – $25,304: 11 hospitals$16,519$25,304 – $38,760: 16 hospitals$25,304median $4,348price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (279 of 309 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$545$8358
$835$1,27926
$1,279$1,95934
$1,959$3,00019
$3,000$4,59659
$4,596$7,04053
$7,040$10,78428
$10,784$16,51925
$16,519$25,30411
$25,304$38,76016

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,176
Median cash price$4,348
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.70×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,348.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: median $4,348 across 10 hospitalsWI$4,348Michigan: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $6,904 across 29 hospitalsNY$6,904Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,531 across 16 hospitalsIA$1,531Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,387 across 10 hospitalsOH$1,387Pennsylvania: median $1,277 across 18 hospitalsPA$1,277New Jersey: median $6,458 across 32 hospitalsNJ$6,458Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,601 across 31 hospitalsCA$3,601Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $11,826 across 13 hospitalsMO$11,826Kentucky: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: median $2,949 across 11 hospitalsLA$2,949Mississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,601 across 18 hospitalsTX$3,601Florida: median $5,856 across 10 hospitalsFL$5,856
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,348. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Missouri MO13$11,826+172%$1,272 – $36,545
New York NY29$6,904+59%$1,285 – $7,176
New Jersey NJ32$6,458+49%$5,110 – $7,785
Florida FL10$5,856+35%$804 – $15,811
Wisconsin WI10$4,3480%$4,348 – $4,348
California CA31$3,601−17%$3,601 – $4,494
Texas TX18$3,601−17%$3,601 – $4,296
Louisiana LA11$2,949−32%$2,081 – $4,825
Iowa IA16$1,531−65%$1,531 – $1,798
Ohio OH10$1,387−68%$1,261 – $6,350
Pennsylvania PA18$1,277−71%$307 – $11,099
Illinois IL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $4,348.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care276$4,881$1,531 – $11,998
Children’s4fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access28$1,662$1,272 – $4,348
Ownership
For-profit26$8,722$4,607 – $14,586
Government45$5,856$1,497 – $14,586
Non-profit237$4,043$1,439 – $8,313
System affiliation
Part of a system246$4,350$1,531 – $11,826
Independent63$3,111$1,199 – $11,438

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,430
Median cash price$4,348
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

133 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,022 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,704; most fall between $1,061 and $4,296.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 133 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
$503$1,277$3,022$4,075$9,389

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($503 vs $9,389).

Of the 160 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 133 gave a usable cash price; 12 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 15 a list price only.

How complete is this

309 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 351 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted309
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here27
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded11
Hospitals that filed this code351

Sections not shown for this setting

  • 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 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic procedures of urinary tract family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Lap Robotic Vesicovaginal Fistula Repair C/T 51900.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Unlisted keyhole procedure on the bladder (CPT 51999) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-51999-unlisted-keyhole-procedure-on-the-bladder