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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

New Jersey 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 Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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$64.57$31.62 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$661 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $91 to $8,511Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $24 to $195
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $65

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
$91.20
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$42.66
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$169.82
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$125.89
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$117.49

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 37th 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.