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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Minnesota 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $427 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$234$151 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$245 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,148Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $102 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $427professional $234

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
$72.44
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$630.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$501.19

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$245

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.