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Intermittent Urinary Catheter, Straight Tip

Colorado 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?

$1.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.02 from a physician practice, and about $1.58 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 7 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$1.02$0.91 to $1.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.58$0.91 to $2.19

How much rates vary

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

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
$0.91
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$1.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$1.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$2.40
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
$2.09
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$3.16
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$0.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$7.08
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.57
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$2.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.62

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 51st of 51

$1.07

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.