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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Louisiana 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $501 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$40.74 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$135 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $52 to $3,311Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $24 to $100
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $501professional $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
$40.74
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$47.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$100.00
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$109.65

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 12th of 51

$91.20

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.