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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Delaware 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?

$141

Typical physician fee. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $83.18 to $158.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $69 to $224Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $78 to $224
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $158professional $141

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
$69.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 47th of 51

$141

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.