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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 7 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$93.33 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$178 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $93 to $9,772Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $74 to $339
$100$1K$10Kfacility $309professional $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
$93.33
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 29th 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.