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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 July 2026.

How much does Complex Bladder Tube Exchange cost?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 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 8 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$155$105 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$107 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $93 to $3,715Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $83 to $380
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $155

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
$138.04
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$467.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$389.05
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$363.08
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 30th of 51

$158

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.