go back

Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Georgia 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$60.26$41.69 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$302 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $66 to $5,012Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $28 to $138
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $60

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
$52.48
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$60.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$144.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$144.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$134.90

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 40th of 51

$74.13

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.