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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Utah 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?

$3,950

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,950 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$200 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,202 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $407 to $7,943Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $186 to $437
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $234

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
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$537.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
6 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
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40

Where Utah 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

Utah· 6th of 51

$3,950

$234 physician + $3,715 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.