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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Kentucky 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?

$2,176

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,176 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $87.10 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$87.10$75.86 to $112
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,413 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,802Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $74 to $204
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $87

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
$93.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$114.82
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 30th of 50

$2,176

$87.10 physician + $2,089 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.