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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

New Mexico 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $372 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$151$91.20 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$195 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $110 to $2,089Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $74 to $398
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $372professional $151

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
$107.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$208.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 27th of 51

$162

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.