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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$66.07$36.31 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$102 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $44 to $2,818Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $28 to $174
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $468professional $66

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
$39.81
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$123.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$128.82

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 27th 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.