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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

North Carolina 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?

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $191 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$61.66$38.90 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$91.20 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $37 to $562Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $25 to $178
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $191professional $62

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
$213.80
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$60.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$128.82
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 42nd of 51

$72.44

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.