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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 July 2026.

How much does Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube cost?

$464

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $464 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $195 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$269$170 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$195$93.33 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $78 to $6,607Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $78 to $501
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $195professional $269

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$501.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$501.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 40.6 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $464 · 46th of 50
IN $6,257WV $154

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.