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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Iowa 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?

$2,641

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,641 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$457 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,175 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $646 to $6,457Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $331 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $646

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
$602.56
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$851.14
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$6,918.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 51

$2,641

$646 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.