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Bladder Channel To The Skin Using The Appendix

Vermont 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?

$1,698

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,698 to $1,698.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $2,291
$500$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $1,698

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Vermont· 27th of 51

$1,698

CA $7,413WV $1,288

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.