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Bladder Channel To The Skin Using The Appendix

Nebraska 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?

$10,750

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,750 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,239 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$2,239$1,288 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$6,761 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $6,761
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $2,239

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$20,892.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$21,877.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 5th of 50

$10,750

$2,239 physician + $8,511 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.