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Medication Instilled Into The Bladder

North Dakota 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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$107$85.11 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$52.48 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $44 to $1,995Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $59 to $209
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $85professional $107

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
$43.65
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$181.97

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 23rd of 51

$105

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.