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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 October 2026.

How much does Complex Bladder Tube Exchange cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$117 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$1,047 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $437 to $5,129Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $95 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$234.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.13

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 14th of 51

$195

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.