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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Iowa 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$209$132 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$324 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $191 to $6,761Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $91 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $209

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
$218.78
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$575.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$371.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$363.08

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$219

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.