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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Montana 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?

$243

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $243 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $120 to the doctor who performs it, and $123 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$120$79.43 to $120
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$123$120 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,622Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $78 to $138
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $123professional $120

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
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$138.04
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$128.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,570.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$243

$120 physician + $123 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.