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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $269 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$29.51 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$85.11 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $35 to $4,266Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $25 to $129
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $269professional $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
$47.86
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$123.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$141.25
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$131.83

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 29th 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.