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Extension Drainage Tubing for Leg Bag or Urostomy Pouch

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A4331

Extension drainage tubing, any type, any length, with connector/adaptor, for use with urinary leg bag or urostomy pouch, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extension Drainage Tubing for Leg Bag or Urostomy Pouch cost?

$3.39

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.39 from a physician practice, and about $3.89 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.39$3.02 to $3.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.89$3.02 to $3.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5facility $4professional $3

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.68
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.51
1 more rate 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$5.13

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Hawaii than in Utah. 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.

North Carolina· 19th of 51

$3.39

HI $5.13UT $1.86

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.