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Medication Instilled Into The Bladder

Tennessee 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 October 2026.

How much does Medication Instilled Into The Bladder cost?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$87.10$58.88 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$631 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,630Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $43 to $295
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $87

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$165.96
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.75

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in North Carolina than in Florida. 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.

Tennessee· 34th of 51

$89.13

NC $174FL $70.79

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.