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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Arizona 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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$151$93.33 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$457 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $141 to $5,623Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $76 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $151

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
$1,412.54
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 28th of 51

$158

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.