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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 July 2026.

How much does Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder cost?

$1,202

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $832 to $3,311.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $575 to $6,918
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,202

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,884.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 33.1 times more in South Carolina than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Minnesota $1,202 · 43rd of 50
SC $8,913WV $269

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.