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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Massachusetts 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?

$2,343

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,343 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $105 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$105$85.11 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,096 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $85 to $5,129Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $72 to $234
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $105

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$257.04
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$338.84
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$117.49
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$331.13

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 29th of 50

$2,343

$105 physician + $2,239 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.