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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 9 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$158$100 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$95.50 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $83 to $3,388Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $79 to $427
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $479professional $158

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
$138.04
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$467.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,754.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$257.04
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$389.05
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,754.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$398.11

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 25th 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.