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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Indiana 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?

$2,730

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,730 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $100 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$100$79.43 to $115
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,175 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,318Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $72 to $141
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $100

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
$72.44
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$97.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$204.17
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$165.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
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
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 7th of 51

$2,730

$100 physician + $2,630 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.