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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Oklahoma 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $219 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$61.66$33.11 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$135 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $69 to $2,630Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $28 to $95
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $219professional $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
$67.61
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$34.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$100.00

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 4th of 51

$120

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.