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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 October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube cost?

$1,796

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,796 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$174$145 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$1,096 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,079Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $100 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $174

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 16th of 51

$1,796

$174 physician + $1,622 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.