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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Colorado 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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$64.57$32.36 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$269 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $65 to $5,888Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $25 to $120
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $65

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
$64.57
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$42.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$128.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$194.98
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$144.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$128.82

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 1st of 51

$129

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.