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Bladder Channel To The Skin Using The Appendix

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50845

Builds a narrow channel between the bladder and an opening on the surface of the abdomen, using the appendix as the tube. The person then empties the bladder by passing a thin catheter through that opening instead of through the urethra. It is done for people who cannot empty the bladder normally, often because of a nerve or spinal condition.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bladder Channel To The Skin Using The Appendix cost?

$10,900

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,900 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,012 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,012$3,311 to $5,012
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $7,079
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $5,888professional $5,012

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,317.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.0 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$10,900

$5,012 physician + $5,888 facility

ME $17,266MD $1,911

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.