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Complex Bladder Tube Exchange

Massachusetts 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$117 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$100 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $59 to $2,399Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,288
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $302professional $191

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
$524.81
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$1,412.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$234.42
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,168.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$398.11
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$288.40
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$151.36
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
$69.18
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.20

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$191

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.