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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Arkansas 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 7 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$56.23$34.67 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$117 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $69 to $1,862Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $24 to $117
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $263professional $56

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
$41.69
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$57.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$81.28
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$112.20

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 24th of 51

$81.28

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.