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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 October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube cost?

$490

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $316 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$174$129 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$316$145 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $78 to $3,981Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $83 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $316professional $174

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
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.71
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 49th of 51

$490

$174 physician + $316 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.