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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 October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube cost?

$1,190

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,190 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $93.33 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$77.62 to $123
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$617 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $490 to $6,607Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $68 to $135
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $93

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
$93.33
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
8 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
$37.15
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$1,190

$93.33 physician + $1,096 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.