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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Maine 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?

$1,312

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,312 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $110 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$110$100 to $138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$537 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,585Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $79 to $155
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,202professional $110

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$173.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
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
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79

Where Maine 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

Maine· 32nd of 51

$1,312

$110 physician + $1,202 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.