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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 October 2026.

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

$3,603

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,603 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 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$2,344$1,995 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$1,259 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,399Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,020
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $2,344

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 25th of 51

$3,603

$2,344 physician + $1,259 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.