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Intermittent Urinary Catheter, Straight Tip

Iowa 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?

$2.04

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.04 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.04 from a physician practice, and about $2.14 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 8 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$2.04$1.51 to $2.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.14$1.58 to $2.82

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $79Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5
$1$5$20$100facility $2professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.72
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$4.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.31
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$2.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$2.24
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$2.04

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.