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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Missouri 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 Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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 7 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$148$93.33 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$174 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $93 to $5,623Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $78 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $148

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
$93.33
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$501.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 26th 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.