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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Rhode Island 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 physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $35.48 to $105.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $355 to $3,715Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $30 to $105
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $447professional $58

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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$123.03

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 38th 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.