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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Colorado 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 7 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$91.20 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,202 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $195 to $6,607Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $78 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $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
$416.87
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$275.42
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$436.52
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$338.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 9th of 51

$200

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.