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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Tennessee 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?

$1,560

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,560 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $115 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$115$85.11 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$955 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,388Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $74 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $115

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$173.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
6 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
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 24th of 51

$1,560

$115 physician + $1,445 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.