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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Illinois 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $234 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$66.07$37.15 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$115 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $49 to $2,455Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $26 to $148
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $234professional $66

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
$48.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$57.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$112.20
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$81.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$128.82

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 21st of 51

$83.18

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.