go back

Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Nebraska 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?

$7,079

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,079 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5,012 to $10,965.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $14,454Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $646 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $676

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 33.1 times more in South Carolina than in West Virginia. 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 50

$7,079

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.