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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Kentucky 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?

$2,497

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,497 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$309$275 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,023 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $398 to $8,318Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $240 to $501
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $309

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
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$67.61
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,089.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
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
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 22nd of 51

$2,497

$309 physician + $2,188 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.