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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 October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube cost?

$2,075

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,075 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$170$132 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$646 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $191 to $5,623Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $91 to $251
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $170

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
$602.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$245.47
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 12th of 51

$2,075

$170 physician + $1,905 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.