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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Delaware 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?

$1,665

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,665 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$295 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$1,023 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,818Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $269 to $525
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $316

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
$295.12
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 44th of 51

$1,665

$316 physician + $1,349 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.