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Complex Bladder Tube Exchange

North Carolina 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 7 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$107 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$132 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $83 to $5,495Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $81 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $302professional $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
$77.62
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$331.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$155

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.