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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Iowa 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $240 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$95.50$57.54 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$117 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $60 to $4,266Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $35 to $339
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $240professional $95

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
$60.26
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$61.66
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$354.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$186.21
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$177.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$154.88

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$107

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.