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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Florida 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?

$2,277

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,277 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$282$234 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,122 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $776 to $7,413Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $204 to $537
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $282

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
$776.25
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$478.63
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$562.34
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$7,413.10
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$602.56
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
7 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
$125.89
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54

Where Florida 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

Florida· 26th of 51

$2,277

$282 physician + $1,995 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.