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Bladder Channel To The Skin Using The Appendix

North Dakota 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?

$3,658

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,658 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$2,399$1,288 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$1,175 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $3,162
$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $2,399

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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 44th of 50

$3,658

$2,399 physician + $1,259 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.