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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 July 2026.

How much does Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube cost?

$270

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $270 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $135 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$135$95.50 to $148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$135$135 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $132 to $5,888Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $71 to $427
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $135professional $135

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
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 50

$270

$135 physician + $135 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.