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Bladder Drainage With Abdominal Tube Placement

Utah 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 July 2026.

How much does Bladder Drainage With Abdominal Tube Placement cost?

$3,464

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,464 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$302$204 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$2,239 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $209 to $4,571Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $148 to $550
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $3,162professional $302

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
$208.93
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$537.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,165.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87

Where Utah sits

The same service costs 15.0 times more in Delaware than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeUtah $3,464 · 19th of 50
DE $6,696WV $448

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.