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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 July 2026.

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

$3,823

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,823 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$1,479$1,259 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,259 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,884
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,344professional $1,479

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
$1,148.15
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$38,018.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,370.32
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 42nd of 50

$3,823

$1,479 physician + $2,344 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.