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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Alaska rates for HCPCS 51040

Makes an opening into the bladder through a small cut in the lower abdomen so that urine can drain out, normally through a tube left in place. It is done when urine cannot leave by the usual route — because of a blockage, an injury, or a passage that cannot be catheterized — or when the bladder needs to be rested and drained. The opening can be temporary or long-term.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder cost?

$3,745

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,745 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$1,175$646 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$2,042 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,820
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $1,175

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$977.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,905.46
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,235.94
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,943.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Oklahoma than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 8th of 51

$3,745

$1,175 physician + $2,570 facility

OK $6,126MT $925

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.