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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 July 2026.

How much does Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube cost?

$2,499

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,499 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $100 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$100$83.18 to $145
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,380 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $603 to $4,266Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $74 to $257
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $100

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
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$19,498.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 27th of 50

$2,499

$100 physician + $2,399 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.