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Bladder Channel To The Skin Using The Appendix

Florida 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?

$3,413

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,413 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$871 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$562 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $437 to $24,547Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $112 to $2,138
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $1,122

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
$776.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,479.11
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,630.27
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
6 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
$549.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Florida 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

Florida· 26th of 51

$3,413

$1,122 physician + $2,291 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.