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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

New Hampshire 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?

$2,499

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,499 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$550$417 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,698 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $3,890Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $324 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $550

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,265.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 21st of 51

$2,499

$550 physician + $1,950 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.