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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Minnesota 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?

$1,608

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,608 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$631$490 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$537 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $295 to $4,898Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $631

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
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 46th of 51

$1,608

$631 physician + $977 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.