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Bladder Drainage With Abdominal Tube Placement

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 51102

This procedure drains urine from the bladder by inserting a needle-based instrument through the lower abdomen, and includes placing a catheter tube through the same opening so the bladder can continue draining afterward. It is used when urine cannot pass normally through the urethra.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bladder Drainage With Abdominal Tube Placement cost?

$1,437

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,437 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$158 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$692 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $269 to $4,786Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $138 to $372
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $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
$190.55
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$407.38
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,549.93
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$6,165.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,511.89
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
1 more rate 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
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Colorado than in North Dakota. 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

Pennsylvania· 41st of 51

$1,437

$234 physician + $1,202 facility

CO $4,654ND $549

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.