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Intermittent Urinary Catheter, Straight Tip

Rhode Island 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?

$1.32

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.32 from a physician practice, and about $4.57 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 4 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$1.32$1.12 to $1.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.57$3.02 to $5.25

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $1 to $6Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$1$2$5$10facility $5professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$2.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$2.09

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 46th of 51

$1.32

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.