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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Alabama 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?

$2,133

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,133 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$138$77.62 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,096 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $631 to $3,090Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $74 to $209
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $138

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$125.89

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 40.6 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Alabama· 31st of 50

$2,133

$138 physician + $1,995 facility

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.