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Complex Bladder Tube Exchange

Iowa 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $646 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$219$174 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$355 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,802Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $123 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $646professional $219

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
$199.53
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$371.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$371.54
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$331.13
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
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.95

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 3rd of 51

$269

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.