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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Arizona 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?

$2,599

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,599 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $87.10 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$87.10$75.86 to $110
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,585 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $851 to $5,623Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $74 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $87

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 26th of 50

$2,599

$87.10 physician + $2,512 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.