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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Florida 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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 8 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$135$87.10 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$708 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $182 to $10,000Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $71 to $269
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $135

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
$147.91
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$181.97
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,235.94
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$144.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 33rd of 51

$151

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.