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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Virginia 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?

$3,567

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,567 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$331$302 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,122 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $380 to $10,000Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $275 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $331

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
$331.13
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$57.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
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
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 10th of 51

$3,567

$331 physician + $3,236 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.