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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Arkansas 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?

$1,174

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,174 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $102 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$102$77.62 to $112
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$759 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,570Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $74 to $148
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $102

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 39th of 51

$1,174

$102 physician + $1,072 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.