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Intermittent Urinary Catheter, Straight Tip

Montana 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?

$2.09

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.09 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.09 from a physician practice, and about $2.09 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$2.09$1.29 to $2.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.09$1.78 to $2.63

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $6
$1$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$4.07
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$4.07
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.45

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 9th of 51

$2.09

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.