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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Oregon 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $269 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 8 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$191$120 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$191 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $141 to $6,607Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $87 to $427
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $269professional $191

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
$190.55
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$398.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 10th of 51

$200

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.