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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $234 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$145$95.50 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$155 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $117 to $3,890Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $83 to $191
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $234professional $145

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
$165.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 19th 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.