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Bladder Channel To The Skin Using The Appendix

Idaho 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?

$3,042

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,042 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,995$1,738 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$676 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,129Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $2,818
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $1,995

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,398.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,096.48
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,691.53
21 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
$794.33
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 35th of 51

$3,042

$1,995 physician + $1,047 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.