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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50688

For a person who has a surgically created opening that diverts urine to the outside of the body, such as after bladder removal, this procedure exchanges the tube or stent that keeps a ureter draining properly through that opening. Over time, these tubes can become blocked, worn, or dislodged and need to be swapped out for a new one. It's typically a routine, relatively quick procedure done without a new incision.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube cost?

$2,764

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,764 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$170 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,995 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $525 to $7,943Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $107 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $309

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,943.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 18.4 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 6th of 51

$2,764

$309 physician + $2,455 facility

CO $4,483MT $243

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.