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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

New Mexico 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?

$3,331

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,331 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $95.50 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$95.50$75.86 to $120
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,047 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $115 to $8,318Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $76 to $427
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $95

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
$109.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$147.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$109.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$181.97

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 18th of 50

$3,331

$95.50 physician + $3,236 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.