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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Missouri 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $257 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$63.10$38.90 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$95.50 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $43 to $3,020Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $28 to $166
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $257professional $63

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
$42.66
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$39.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$125.89

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 23rd of 51

$83.18

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.