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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Florida 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 8 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$61.66$33.88 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$151 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $74 to $6,607Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $25 to $158
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $513professional $62

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
$72.44
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$42.66
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$117.49
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,235.94
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$83.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$117.49
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$67.61

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 26th of 51

$79.43

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.