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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Illinois 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 6 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$145$95.50 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$229 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $145 to $5,370Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $78 to $309
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $145

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
$144.54
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$616.60
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$194.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 32nd of 51

$155

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.