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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Nevada 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?

$1,670

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,670 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $85.11 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$85.11$74.13 to $102
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$724 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $468 to $4,365Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $66 to $141
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,585professional $85

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
$95.50
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$128.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$120.23
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$104.71
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 19th of 51

$1,670

$85.11 physician + $1,585 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.