go back

Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Michigan 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?

$2,087

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,087 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$389$347 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,148 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,548Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $295 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $389

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
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$933.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,918.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$446.68
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
12 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
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 34th of 51

$2,087

$389 physician + $1,698 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.