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Placement of a Temporary Bladder Catheter

Wyoming 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?

$72.44

Typical physician fee. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $56.23 to $151.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $56 to $631Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $25 to $151
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $178professional $72

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
$56.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$213.80

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 44th of 51

$72.44

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.