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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 July 2026.

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

$4,981

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,981 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$1,514$1,288 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,514 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $22,909Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,512
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $1,514

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
$1,513.56
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,884.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 32nd of 50

$4,981

$1,514 physician + $3,467 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.