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Complex Bladder Tube Exchange

Virginia 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 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 8 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$141$93.33 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$138 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $91 to $7,079Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $85 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $141

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
$138.04
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$288.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$288.40
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$263.03

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 41st of 51

$145

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.