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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Ohio 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 9 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$58.88$32.36 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$195 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $79 to $4,169Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $25 to $178
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $355professional $59

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
$74.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$43.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$123.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$117.49
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$120.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$104.71

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 10th of 51

$93.33

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.