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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Colorado 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?

$5,346

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,346 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$97.72$81.28 to $120
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$3,311 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $9,333Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $79 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $98

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
$1,202.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$338.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$151.36
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 3rd of 50

$5,346

$97.72 physician + $5,248 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.