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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

New Jersey 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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 5 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 $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$1,778 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $117 to $10,233Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $71 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$346.74
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$269.15

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 30th of 51

$158

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.