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Comprehensive Bladder Function Test

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 51729

This is a detailed bladder function study that measures bladder pressure both while it fills and while the patient urinates, along with pressure measurements along the urethra. It is the most comprehensive combination of these urinary function tests, used to evaluate complex urinary symptoms such as incontinence or difficulty emptying the bladder.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Comprehensive Bladder Function Test cost?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 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$447$372 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$1,318 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $912 to $3,981Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $331 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $447

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Rhode Island· 48th of 51

$447

CA $1,479DE $407

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.