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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

Virginia 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?

$2,131

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,131 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $89.13 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$89.13$83.18 to $126
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$123 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $89 to $7,079Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $74 to $2,042
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $89

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
$89.13
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$3,630.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 33rd of 50

$2,131

$89.13 physician + $2,042 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.