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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 July 2026.

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

$8,593

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,593 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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$1,259 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$1,514 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $1,349

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
$851.14
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,964.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 11th of 50

$8,593

$1,349 physician + $7,244 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.