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Drainage Of An Abscess Beside The Bladder

Alabama rates for HCPCS 51080

A pocket of pus in the tissue space around or in front of the bladder is opened and drained through an incision in the lower abdomen. The cavity is washed out and a drain is usually left in so it continues to empty as it heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drainage Of An Abscess Beside The Bladder cost?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$776$417 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,096 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $631 to $3,162Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $776

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in California than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 16th of 51

$813

CA $5,129MD $437

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.