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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Indiana 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $417 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 6 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$57.54$29.51 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$155 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $58 to $5,754Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $25 to $155
$100$1K$10Kfacility $417professional $58

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
$33.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$42.66
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$208.93
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$32.36
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$109.65

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 20th of 51

$85.11

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.