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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Utah 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?

$3,230

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,230 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $67.61 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$67.61$56.23 to $105
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,175 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $112 to $5,129Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $50 to $129
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $68

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
$112.20
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$162.18
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
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62

Where Utah 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

Utah· 4th of 51

$3,230

$67.61 physician + $3,162 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.