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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Kentucky 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $219 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$58.88$30.20 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$67.61 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $32 to $3,890Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $25 to $120
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $219professional $59

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
$32.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$47.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$109.65
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$37.15
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$575.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$64.57

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.