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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

South Dakota 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?

$2,133

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,133 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$138$85.11 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$126 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $91 to $4,677Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $66 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $138

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$181.97
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$173.78

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 32nd of 50

$2,133

$138 physician + $1,995 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.