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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Georgia 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?

$1,726

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,726 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$407$347 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$891 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $692 to $5,129Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $288 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $407

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
$295.12
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$794.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$107.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
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
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 43rd of 51

$1,726

$407 physician + $1,318 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.