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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

New Mexico 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?

$2,875

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,875 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$363$316 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,349 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $776 to $11,482Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $234 to $537
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $363

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
$309.03
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$416.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 14th of 51

$2,875

$363 physician + $2,512 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.