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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

South Dakota 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $224 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$148$105 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$141 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $91 to $4,365Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $71 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $224professional $148

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$380.19

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 40th of 51

$148

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.