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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 October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube cost?

$737

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $737 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $120 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$120$85.11 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$97.72 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $56 to $3,631Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $59 to $676
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $617professional $120

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$257.04
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,801.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$275.42
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$1,412.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$316.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,801.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$354.81
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$676.08
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
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
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$177.83

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 48th of 51

$737

$120 physician + $617 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.