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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Montana 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $214 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$141$87.10 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$132 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $129 to $288Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $76 to $389
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $214professional $141

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$281.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 35th of 51

$151

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.