go back

Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Georgia 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?

$3,205

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,205 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $115 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$115$81.28 to $145
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,380 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,079Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $76 to $178
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $115

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
$128.82
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$186.21

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 20th of 50

$3,205

$115 physician + $3,090 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.