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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Michigan 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $302 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$117$87.10 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$174 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $123 to $4,898Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $71 to $257
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $302professional $117

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
$123.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 50th of 51

$135

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.