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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 October 2026.

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

$2,799

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,799 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$661$537 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,479 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $7,943Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,138professional $661

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
$5,011.87
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$6,918.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,398.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 16th of 51

$2,799

$661 physician + $2,138 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.