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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Louisiana 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?

$1,621

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,621 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $107 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$107$89.13 to $126
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,122 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,388Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $78 to $135
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $107

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
$380.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$125.89
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
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
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$89.13

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$1,621

$107 physician + $1,514 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.