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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

North Dakota 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?

$234

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $79.43 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$155$95.50 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$79.43$79.43 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $74 to $8,511Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $79 to $200
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $79professional $155

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
$79.43
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 49th of 50

$234

$155 physician + $79.43 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.