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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Kansas 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 Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $380 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$56.23$31.62 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$126 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $55 to $6,457Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $28 to $98
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $380professional $56

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
$63.10
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$48.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 19th 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.