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Complex Bladder Tube Exchange

Alaska rates for HCPCS 51710

This procedure replaces a tube that drains the bladder through an opening in the lower abdomen, in a situation that is more difficult than a routine exchange. Difficulty can arise from scarring, a narrowed tract, or other factors that make removing and reinserting the tube more involved. The clinician removes the old tube and threads a new one into the bladder through the same opening.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Complex Bladder Tube Exchange cost?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $234 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$174 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$145 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $95 to $2,512Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $98 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $234professional $355

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$602.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$891.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$831.76

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Hawaii than in Michigan. 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$347

HI $1,148MI $132

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.