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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Oklahoma 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?

$6,126

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,126 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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$372$316 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$1,514 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $646 to $13,183Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $275 to $6,918
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $372

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
$407.38
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 1st of 51

$6,126

$372 physician + $5,754 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.