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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 October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube cost?

$1,853

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,853 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $115 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$115$85.11 to $138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,047 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $631 to $3,802Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $78 to $166
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $115

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
$77.62
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$331.13
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$104.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$61.66

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 14th of 51

$1,853

$115 physician + $1,738 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.