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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Rhode Island 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?

$2,260

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,260 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$363 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,202 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,888Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $302 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $398

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
3 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
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 28th of 51

$2,260

$398 physician + $1,862 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.