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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Michigan 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?

$2,980

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,980 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $95.50 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$95.50$77.62 to $110
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$2,042 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $120 to $4,898Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $72 to $166
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $2,884professional $95

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
$97.72
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$245.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 23rd of 50

$2,980

$95.50 physician + $2,884 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.