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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Rhode Island 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?

$1,623

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,623 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $110 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$110$97.72 to $138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$794 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,898Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $83 to $145
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $110

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04
3 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
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 22nd of 51

$1,623

$110 physician + $1,514 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.