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Bladder Channel To The Skin Using The Appendix

Virginia 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?

$6,908

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,908 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,413$1,318 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$1,862 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,630
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $1,413

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
$1,412.54
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$15,488.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,884.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,630.27
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,623.41
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 17th of 50

$6,908

$1,413 physician + $5,495 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.