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Bladder Channel To The Skin Using The Appendix

Montana 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?

$4,276

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,276 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,138 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$2,138$1,585 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$2,138 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $2,399Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $6,761
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $2,138

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,089.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,454.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Montana 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

Montana· 37th of 50

$4,276

$2,138 physician + $2,138 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.