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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Nevada 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$155$97.72 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$155 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $78 to $4,365Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $78 to $562
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $155

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
$77.62
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$251.19
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$229.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 18th of 51

$174

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.