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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Kentucky 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$135$87.10 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,072 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $138 to $3,388Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $76 to $224
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $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
$75.86
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$145

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.