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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 October 2026.

How much does Complex Bladder Tube Exchange cost?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$148$112 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$490 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $347 to $5,129Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $89 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $148

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
$97.72
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$239.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40
6 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
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 27th of 51

$166

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.