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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Delaware 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 4 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$33.11 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$64.57 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $23 to $263Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $26 to $174
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $123professional $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
$23.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$120.23

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 49th of 51

$64.57

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.