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Bladder Channel To The Skin Using The Appendix

Massachusetts 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?

$2,968

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,968 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,820$1,349 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$776 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $525 to $3,467Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $912 to $21,878
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $1,820

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,890.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$21,877.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,168.69
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,623.41
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,905.46
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
7 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
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 36th of 51

$2,968

$1,820 physician + $1,148 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.