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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Minnesota 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?

$789

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $789 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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$186$141 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$234 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $158 to $6,166Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $100 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $603professional $186

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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 45th of 50

$789

$186 physician + $603 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.