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Complex Bladder Tube Exchange

Maryland 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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 6 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$141$91.20 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$331 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $148 to $2,455Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $81 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,455professional $141

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$436.52
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 43rd of 51

$141

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.