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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Illinois 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?

$1,808

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,808 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $110 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$110$77.62 to $148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$851 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $148 to $5,623Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $72 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $110

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
$147.91
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$257.04
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$380.19
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$104.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 37th of 50

$1,808

$110 physician + $1,698 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.