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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Arizona 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 Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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$67.61$35.48 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$229 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $76 to $5,370Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $26 to $282
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $68

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
$151.36
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$66.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$104.71

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 25th 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.