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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 July 2026.

How much does Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube cost?

$3,501

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,501 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $112 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$112$100 to $162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,951 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $112 to $4,677Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $71 to $263
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $112

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
$112.20
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$151.36
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,165.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$165.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$147.91
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18

Where Utah 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

Utah· 17th of 50

$3,501

$112 physician + $3,388 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.