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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Louisiana 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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$135$110 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$282 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $170 to $3,467Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $71 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $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
$173.78
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 7th of 51

$209

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.