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Complex Bladder Tube Exchange

West 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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 5 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$123$85.11 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$1,380 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $123 to $1,698Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $79 to $170
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $1,413professional $123

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
$123.03
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$154.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,513.56
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$263.03

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 50th of 51

$135

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.