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Complex Bladder Tube Exchange

Minnesota 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $363 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$155 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$138 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $79 to $1,905Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $123 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $363professional $240

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
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$467.74
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.80

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$251

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.