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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

West Virginia 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $363 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$87.10$72.44 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$138 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $72 to $603Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $62 to $158
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $363professional $87

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
$72.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$158.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$794.33
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$245.47

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 51st of 51

$95.50

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.