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Complex Bladder Tube Exchange

Colorado 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 7 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$141$97.72 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$2,291 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $174 to $7,413Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $81 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $141

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
$141.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$489.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 18th of 51

$178

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.