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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Idaho 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $295 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$174$102 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$162 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $98 to $4,467Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $87 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $295professional $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
$323.59
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 15th of 51

$182

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.