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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Nebraska 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?

$4,218

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,218 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$145$89.13 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$3,311 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $13,490Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $71 to $427
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $145

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$229.09

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 13th of 50

$4,218

$145 physician + $4,074 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.