go back

Complex Bladder Tube Exchange

Louisiana 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$138$115 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$776 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $200 to $3,467Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $83 to $219
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $138

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
$199.53
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 7th of 51

$209

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.