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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Idaho 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $229 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$79.43$39.81 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$110 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $58 to $2,138Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $32 to $219
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $229professional $79

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
$69.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$107.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$151.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$128.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$102.33
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$204.17
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$125.89

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 14th of 51

$87.10

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.