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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Nevada 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $692 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$75.86$33.88 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$372 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $63 to $3,548Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $26 to $380
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $692professional $76

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
$63.10
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$66.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$120.23
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$107.15
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$97.72
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$64.57
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$123.03

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 17th of 51

$87.10

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.