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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

South Carolina 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $240 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$70.79$32.36 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$105 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $42 to $4,898Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $25 to $380
$100$1K$10Kfacility $240professional $71

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
$69.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$43.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$128.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$138.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$138.04

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 30th of 51

$77.62

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.