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Intermittent Urinary Catheter, Straight Tip

Michigan 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?

$1.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.82 from a physician practice, and about $2.63 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$1.82$1.20 to $2.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.63$1.95 to $7.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $11Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$1$2$5$10$20facility $3professional $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
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.63
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$4.07
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$5.37
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$3.09
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$2.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.82

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 17th of 51

$1.86

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.