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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 October 2026.

How much does Complex Bladder Tube Exchange cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $589 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$135$110 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$339 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,995Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $89 to $219
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $135

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
$288.40
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
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
$51.29
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.89

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$182

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.