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Medication Instilled Into The Bladder

Delaware rates for HCPCS 51720

This service delivers a cancer-fighting medication directly into the bladder through a catheter, where it is held for a period of time before being drained or voided out. Treating the bladder directly this way concentrates the medication where it's needed while limiting its effects on the rest of the body, and it's commonly used for certain types of bladder cancer. The medication and its retention time are included as part of this treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Medication Instilled Into The Bladder cost?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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 4 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$95.50$67.61 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$501 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,236Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $46 to $132
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $95

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
$501.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$177.83
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$165.96

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 1.6 times more in Minnesota 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.

Delaware· 41st of 51

$95.50

MN $138WV $87.10

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.