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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

North Dakota 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?

$2,076

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,076 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$479 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$288 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $288 to $2,754Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $302 to $724
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,514professional $562

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 35th of 51

$2,076

$562 physician + $1,514 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.