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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder cost?

$8,913

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,913 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,995 to $12,023.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $372 to $20,417
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,913

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,595.87

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 33.1 times more in South Carolina than in West Virginia. 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.

South Carolina· 1st of 50

$8,913

SC $8,913WV $269

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.