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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 October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube cost?

$4,483

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,483 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$117$97.72 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,622 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $813 to $8,511Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $81 to $186
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $117

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$181.97
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
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
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$4,483

$117 physician + $4,365 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.