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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

New Hampshire 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $132 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 5 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$70.79$43.65 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$57.54 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $44 to $1,549Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $30 to $158
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $132professional $71

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
$43.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$154.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$181.97

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 33rd of 51

$75.86

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.