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Complex Bladder Tube Exchange

Rhode Island 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?

$138

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $97.72 to $200.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $4,074Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $83 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $138

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$257.04

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 48th of 51

$138

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.