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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 October 2026.

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

$2,269

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,269 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$282 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,175 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $891 to $11,220Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $257 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $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
$354.81
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
11 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
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 27th of 51

$2,269

$363 physician + $1,905 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.