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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

South Dakota 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $275 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$58.88$32.36 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$234 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $129 to $479Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $20 to $170
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $275professional $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
$128.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.90
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$549.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$141.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$125.89
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$165.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$158.49

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 28th of 51

$79.43

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.