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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

New Jersey 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?

$5,976

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,976 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $87.10 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$87.10$75.86 to $141
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$4,266 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $10,715Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $68 to $4,266
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $87

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
$2,691.53
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$389.05
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$134.90
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$9,549.93
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$169.82

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 2nd of 50

$5,976

$87.10 physician + $5,888 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.