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Opening The Bladder To Place A Ureter Tube

Alaska rates for HCPCS 51045

The bladder is reached through an incision in the lower abdomen and opened so a fine tube or stent can be passed up into the ureter, the tube that drains urine from the kidney. The stent holds the ureter open so urine flows freely from kidney to bladder. A catheter usually drains the bladder while the incision heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening The Bladder To Place A Ureter Tube cost?

$1,202

Typical facility fee. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $617 to $3,236.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $513 to $10,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in California 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.

Alaska· 43rd of 50

$1,202

CA $8,710WV $479

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.