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Intermittent Urinary Catheter, Straight Tip

Alaska rates for HCPCS A4351

Intermittent urinary catheter; straight tip, with or without coating (Teflon, silicone, or silicone elastomer, etc.), each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Intermittent Urinary Catheter, Straight Tip cost?

$1.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.55 from a physician practice, and about $1.45 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 6 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$1.55$1.12 to $1.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.45$0.69 to $1.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$1$2$5$10facility $1professional $2

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.45
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$5.13
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$2.24
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$1.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$2.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$3.89

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Kansas than in Colorado. 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.

Alaska· 32nd of 51

$1.55

KS $2.88CO $1.07

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.