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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Utah 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 Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$63.10$31.62 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$316 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $166 to $3,981Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $21 to $138
$10$100$1Kfacility $447professional $63

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
$165.96
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$104.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$165.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$117.49
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$100.00
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$125.89

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 18th 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.