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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Alaska rates for HCPCS 51702

This service places a thin, flexible tube through the urethra into the bladder to drain urine, meant to stay in place for a period of time rather than for a single immediate drainage. It is a routine, straightforward placement rather than one complicated by unusual anatomy or a blockage.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter cost?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $170 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 6 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$120$61.66 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$79.43 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $31 to $537Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $35 to $339
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $170professional $120

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
$85.11
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$398.11
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$363.08

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.0 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$120

CO $129ND $63.10

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.