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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

West 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 5 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$53.70$30.90 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$151 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $62 to $776Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $23 to $95
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $309professional $54

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
$95.50
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$34.67
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.11
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$575.44
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$501.19
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$134.90

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 3rd of 51

$120

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.