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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract

Draining urine from the bladder with a trocar or tube

CPT 51101the billing code this page is about

Urine is withdrawn from the bladder through the skin using a sharp trocar or an intracatheter, without leaving a drainage catheter in place.

Hospitals typically charge $1,072 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 687 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,207. Most fall between $251 and $2,761 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
687
States
47
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 687 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$131$336$1,072$2,242$3,930

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 30× what the cheapest tenth charges ($131 vs $3,930).

How the prices are spread

$98 – $145: 42 hospitals$98$145 – $214: 38 hospitals$214 – $318: 38 hospitals$214$318 – $470: 72 hospitals$470 – $697: 60 hospitals$470$697 – $1,032: 43 hospitals$1,032 – $1,528: 106 hospitals$1,032$1,528 – $2,263: 84 hospitals$2,263 – $3,351: 79 hospitals$2,263$3,351 – $4,963: 64 hospitals$3,351median $1,072price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (626 of 687 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$98$14542
$145$21438
$214$31838
$318$47072
$470$69760
$697$1,03243
$1,032$1,528106
$1,528$2,26384
$2,263$3,35179
$3,351$4,96364

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$877
Median cash price$1,072
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.22×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,072.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,686 across 21 hospitalsWA$1,686Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $424 across 16 hospitalsMN$424Illinois: median $557 across 33 hospitalsIL$557Wisconsin: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $1,039 across 27 hospitalsMI$1,039New York: median $1,204 across 46 hospitalsNY$1,204Massachusetts: median $1,442 across 10 hospitalsMA$1,442Oregon: median $2,483 across 10 hospitalsOR$2,483Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $350 across 17 hospitalsIA$350Indiana: median $115 across 24 hospitalsIN$115Ohio: median $720 across 16 hospitalsOH$720Pennsylvania: median $1,015 across 29 hospitalsPA$1,015New Jersey: median $3,612 across 26 hospitalsNJ$3,612Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,914 across 79 hospitalsCA$1,914Utah: median $423 across 24 hospitalsUT$423Colorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: median $4,963 across 10 hospitalsKY$4,963West Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $811 across 23 hospitalsAZ$811New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $107 across 17 hospitalsNC$107South Carolina: median $925 across 11 hospitalsSC$925Oklahoma: median $85 across 18 hospitalsOK$85Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $4,436 across 25 hospitalsGA$4,436Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,078 across 56 hospitalsTX$1,078Florida: median $170 across 27 hospitalsFL$170
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,072. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY10$4,963+363%$228 – $4,963
Georgia GA25$4,436+314%$228 – $4,436
New Jersey NJ26$3,612+237%$1,126 – $5,339
Oregon OR10$2,483+132%$1,681 – $2,785
California CA79$1,914+79%$656 – $2,761
Washington WA21$1,686+57%$598 – $2,159
Massachusetts MA10$1,442+35%$1,083 – $1,650
New York NY46$1,204+12%$1,019 – $4,595
Texas TX56$1,078+1%$622 – $1,316
Michigan MI27$1,039−3%$319 – $3,196
Pennsylvania PA29$1,015−5%$582 – $2,081
South Carolina SC11$925−14%$223 – $2,410
Arizona AZ23$811−24%$552 – $2,087
Ohio OH16$720−33%$265 – $1,371
Illinois IL33$557−48%$228 – $1,180
Minnesota MN16$424−60%$362 – $1,752
Utah UT24$423−61%$329 – $598
Iowa IA17$350−67%$350 – $805
Florida FL27$170−84%$151 – $3,145
Indiana IN24$115−89%$73 – $835
North Carolina NC17$107−90%$107 – $368
Oklahoma OK18$85−92%$85 – $1,291
Wisconsin WI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,072.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care590$1,078$265 – $2,761
Children’s17fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access78$424$147 – $2,067
Ownership
For-profit62$1,078$228 – $3,405
Government87$775$170 – $1,822
Non-profit536$1,078$326 – $2,761
System affiliation
Part of a system600$1,078$299 – $2,761
Independent87$768$147 – $2,023

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,536
Median cash price$1,072
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

513 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,039 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,124; most fall between $242 and $2,585.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 513 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$126$329$1,039$2,116$3,196

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($126 vs $3,196).

Of the 542 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 513 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 16 a list price only.

How complete is this

687 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (17%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 744 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted687
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here41
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded15
Hospitals that filed this code744

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Aspiration Bladder Trocar/Intracatheter.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Draining urine from the bladder with a trocar or tube (CPT 51101) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-51101-draining-urine-from-the-bladder-with-a-trocar-or-tube