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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Oregon 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?

$303

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $303 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $155 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$148$115 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$155$138 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $105 to $5,012Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $81 to $224
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $155professional $148

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$154.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,128.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
12 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
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$303

$148 physician + $155 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.