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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Oregon 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?

$1,112

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,112 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$380 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$513 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $389 to $6,166Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $288 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $575professional $537

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
$5,128.61
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$18,620.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$8,128.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
12 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$1,112

$537 physician + $575 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.