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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 October 2026.

How much does Complex Bladder Tube Exchange cost?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $490 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$204$135 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$372 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,413Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $102 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $204

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
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$275.42
7 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
$38.90
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 11th of 51

$204

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.