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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Nebraska 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$186$138 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$447 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $195 to $13,490Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $76 to $562
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $186

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
$204.17
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$354.81

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 8th of 51

$204

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.