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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Oregon 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 Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $151 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 8 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$81.28$56.23 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$102 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $60 to $1,096Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $32 to $195
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $151professional $81

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
$64.57
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$169.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$158.49
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$165.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$131.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$165.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$162.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$165.96

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 16th 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.