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Replacement Of A Urine Drainage Tube

West 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?

$154

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $154 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $83.18 to the doctor who performs it, and $70.79 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$83.18$75.86 to $89.13
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$70.79$70.79 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,413Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $71 to $120
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $71professional $83

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
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54

Where West 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

West Virginia· 50th of 50

$154

$83.18 physician + $70.79 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.