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Complex Bladder Tube Exchange

New Jersey 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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$132$81.28 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$708 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $437 to $5,495Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $74 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $132

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$323.59
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$288.40
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
$38.90
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 45th of 51

$141

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.