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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Alabama 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $257 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 5 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$60.26$38.90 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$117 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,318Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $26 to $117
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $257professional $60

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
$48.98
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$58.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$102.33

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 36th of 51

$75.86

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.