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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 July 2026.

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

$6,656

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,656 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,365 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$4,365$1,698 to $5,888
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,514 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $9,772Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $8,128
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $4,365

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$8,128.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,709.64
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,762.47
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$8,128.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.4 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· 19th of 50

$6,656

$4,365 physician + $2,291 facility

ME $14,842MD $2,010

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.