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Complex Bladder Tube Exchange

Illinois 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$145$115 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$537 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,630Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $85 to $269
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $794professional $145

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
$138.04
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$426.58
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$275.42
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
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.80

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 31st of 51

$162

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.