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Bladder Channel To The Skin Using The Appendix

Illinois 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?

$3,098

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,098 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$1,514$1,259 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$708 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $513 to $15,136Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $2,692
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $1,514

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
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$39,810.72
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
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
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 31st of 51

$3,098

$1,514 physician + $1,585 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.