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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

South Carolina 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?

$4,991

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,991 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $93.33 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$93.33$75.86 to $102
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,549 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $93 to $16,596Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $74 to $158
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $93

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
$93.33
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 5th of 50

$4,991

$93.33 physician + $4,898 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.