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Urine sample collection by bladder catheter

HCPCS P9612the billing code this page is about

Passing a catheter into the bladder to collect a urine specimen for testing; billed once per patient visit regardless of where the service is given.

Hospitals typically charge $26 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 284 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $40. Most fall between $12 and $95 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
284
States
41
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 284 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
$8$15$26$75$114

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($8 vs $114).

How the prices are spread

$5 – $7: 13 hospitals$5$7 – $10: 23 hospitals$10 – $14: 17 hospitals$10$14 – $20: 52 hospitals$20 – $28: 26 hospitals$20$28 – $39: 26 hospitals$39 – $55: 24 hospitals$39$55 – $77: 18 hospitals$77 – $108: 33 hospitals$77$108 – $150: 24 hospitals$108median $26price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (256 of 284 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$5$713
$7$1023
$10$1417
$14$2052
$20$2826
$28$3926
$39$5524
$55$7718
$77$10833
$108$15024

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $26.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $114 across 16 hospitalsMN$114Illinois: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $9 across 16 hospitalsMI$9New York: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: median $116 across 19 hospitalsSD$116Iowa: median $70 across 15 hospitalsIA$70Indiana: median $7 across 20 hospitalsIN$7Ohio: median $19 across 21 hospitalsOH$19Pennsylvania: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: median $18 across 24 hospitalsUT$18Colorado: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $17 across 13 hospitalsVA$17Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $15 across 11 hospitalsNC$15South Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $65 across 31 hospitalsTX$65Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $26. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD19$116+340%$33 – $149
Minnesota MN16$114+331%$89 – $219
Iowa IA15$70+166%$20 – $108
Texas TX31$65+146%$31 – $95
Ohio OH21$19−27%$10 – $21
Utah UT24$18−30%$18 – $18
Virginia VA13$17−34%$13 – $44
North Carolina NC11$15−43%$7 – $34
Michigan MI16$9−66%$8 – $25
Indiana IN20$7−75%$5 – $19
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA1not 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 $26.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care212$23$12 – $75
Children’s2fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access68$58$17 – $125
Ownership
For-profit39$54$16 – $95
Government35$31$10 – $73
Non-profit208$21$12 – $94
System affiliation
Part of a system255$27$13 – $95
Independent29$24$10 – $65

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$43
Median cash price$26
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

233 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $31 and the average of the middle 60% is $42; most fall between $15 and $95.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 233 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
$9$18$31$84$116

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($9 vs $116).

Of the 243 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 233 gave a usable cash price; 0 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

284 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 298 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted284
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here0
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded14
Hospitals that filed this code298

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Catheterize for urine spec.

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, “Urine sample collection by bladder catheter (CPT P9612) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-p9612-urine-sample-collection-by-bladder-catheter