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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 October 2026.

How much does Complex Bladder Tube Exchange cost?

$151

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $87.10 to $288.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,047Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $78 to $245
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $126

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$229.09
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
$42.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.14

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 35th of 51

$151

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.