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Bladder Channel To The Skin Using The Appendix

Kansas 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?

$5,387

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,387 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$1,413 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,950 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,455
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $1,585

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
$1,698.24
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 26th of 50

$5,387

$1,585 physician + $3,802 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.