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Making a Drainage Opening Into the Bladder

Washington 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?

$1,549

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $617 to $7,943.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $417 to $14,454
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,549

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
$549.54
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$18,620.87
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,290.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$6,606.93
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$588.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$398.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,022.64

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 42nd of 50

$1,549

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.