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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Montana 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?

$925

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $925 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $468 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$457$302 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$468 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,995Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $79 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $468professional $457

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$537.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$501.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,570.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$925

$457 physician + $468 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.