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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Missouri 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?

$2,003

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,003 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$97.72$87.10 to $148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,175 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,248Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $74 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $98

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
$812.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 34th of 50

$2,003

$97.72 physician + $1,905 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.