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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Delaware 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?

$799

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $799 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $91.20 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$91.20$77.62 to $117
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$550 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,399Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $76 to $145
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $91

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 47th of 51

$799

$91.20 physician + $708 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.