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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Alaska rates for HCPCS 51703

This is the placement of a temporary tube into the bladder to drain urine in a case made difficult by scarring, altered anatomy, or a prior catheter that broke or would not come out normally. It requires more skill and time than a routine catheter placement because of these added complications.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement cost?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $224 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$355$151 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$138 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $89 to $2,512Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $83 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $224professional $355

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$660.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$977.24
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$794.33
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$660.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$562.34

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$331

AK $331WV $95.50

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.