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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Connecticut 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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$174$126 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$3,162 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $912 to $8,511Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $87 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $174

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
$407.38
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$371.54

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 12th of 51

$191

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.