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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Indiana 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 5 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$141$97.72 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,380 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $166 to $8,128Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $78 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $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
$85.11
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$346.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 23rd of 51

$166

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.