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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Minnesota 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?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $224 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$87.10$58.88 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$155 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $62 to $513Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $36 to $219
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $224professional $87

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
$23.44
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$616.60
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
$57.54
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$269.15
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$489.78
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$213.80

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 13th of 51

$89.13

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.