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Complex Bladder Tube Exchange

South 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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 6 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$132$97.72 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$204 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $107 to $9,772Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $78 to $251
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,455professional $132

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
$97.72
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$281.84

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$151

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.