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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

North Carolina 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?

$1,051

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,051 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$117$81.28 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$126 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $74 to $6,918Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $74 to $251
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $117

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
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 44th of 50

$1,051

$117 physician + $933 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.