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Difficult Bladder Catheter Placement

Wyoming 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?

$224

Typical physician fee. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $186 to $372.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,236Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $158 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $295professional $224

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$426.58

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 5th of 51

$224

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.