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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Iowa 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?

$3,943

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,943 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$141$100 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,239 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $178 to $6,761Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $74 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $141

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
$602.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 50

$3,943

$141 physician + $3,802 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.