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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 October 2026.

How much does Complex Bladder Tube Exchange cost?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $851 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$324$214 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$676 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,888Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $117 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $324

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$891.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$549.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$758.58

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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· 2nd of 51

$417

WI $417KY $115

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.