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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 July 2026.

How much does Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube cost?

$1,949

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,949 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $87.10 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$87.10$77.62 to $102
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,585 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $78 to $5,888Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $74 to $427
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $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
$77.62
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$194.98

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 35th of 50

$1,949

$87.10 physician + $1,862 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.