go back

Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Connecticut 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?

$4,626

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,626 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$389 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$2,089 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $871 to $9,550Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $288 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $457

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
$4,570.88
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$109.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$933.25
6 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
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 5th of 51

$4,626

$457 physician + $4,169 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.