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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Michigan 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $174 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$67.61$32.36 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$89.13 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $34 to $891Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $25 to $110
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $174professional $68

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
$38.02
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$97.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$114.82
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$109.65

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 31st of 51

$77.62

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.