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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Utah 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$174$97.72 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$269 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $115 to $4,571Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $72 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $174

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
$114.82
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$275.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$309.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 13th of 51

$191

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.