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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Idaho 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?

$3,137

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,137 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$117$100 to $155
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$200 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $110 to $6,607Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $85 to $174
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $117

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,606.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,715.35
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$162.18

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 21st of 50

$3,137

$117 physician + $3,020 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.