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Bladder Channel To The Skin Using The Appendix

Iowa 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?

$7,320

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,320 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$1,950$1,445 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,754 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $7,413
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $1,950

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,630.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$21,877.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,981.07
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 16th of 50

$7,320

$1,950 physician + $5,370 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.