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Bladder Channel To The Skin Using The Appendix

Kentucky 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?

$3,211

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,211 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$1,349$1,175 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$759 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $457 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,089
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $1,349

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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,862.09
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$10,964.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
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
$616.60
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 27th of 51

$3,211

$1,349 physician + $1,862 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.