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Bladder Channel To The Skin Using The Appendix

South Carolina 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?

$2,477

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,477 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$1,380$1,023 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$603 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $158 to $2,042
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $1,380

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
$1,513.56
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,995.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40
11 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
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$2,477

$1,380 physician + $1,096 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.