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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Missouri 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?

$2,432

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,432 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 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$437$331 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,096 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,888Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $437

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
$1,698.24
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
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
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$239.88

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 23rd of 51

$2,432

$437 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.