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Complex Bladder Tube Exchange

Connecticut 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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 5 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$162$126 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$3,388 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $8,511Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $98 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $162

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
$1,778.28
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$338.84

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 8th of 51

$204

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.