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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract

Complicated change of a bladder drainage tube

CPT 51710the billing code this page is about

Replacement of a catheter that drains the bladder through the abdominal wall, in a case requiring extra work compared with a routine exchange.

Hospitals typically charge $869 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,585 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $983. Most fall between $329 and $2,007 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,585
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,585 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$192$391$869$1,752$2,938

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($192 vs $2,938).

How the prices are spread

$139 – $194: 84 hospitals$139$194 – $272: 102 hospitals$272 – $379: 126 hospitals$272$379 – $530: 128 hospitals$530 – $740: 160 hospitals$530$740 – $1,034: 216 hospitals$1,034 – $1,445: 189 hospitals$1,034$1,445 – $2,018: 195 hospitals$2,018 – $2,819: 131 hospitals$2,018$2,819 – $3,938: 98 hospitals$2,819median $869price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,429 of 1,585 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$139$19484
$194$272102
$272$379126
$379$530128
$530$740160
$740$1,034216
$1,034$1,445189
$1,445$2,018195
$2,018$2,819131
$2,819$3,93898

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$712
Median cash price$869
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.22×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $869.

Alaska: median $1,219 across 10 hospitalsAK$1,219Maine: median $359 across 18 hospitalsME$359Vermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $885 across 51 hospitalsWA$885Idaho: median $1,477 across 13 hospitalsID$1,477Montana: median $242 across 13 hospitalsMT$242North Dakota: median $858 across 10 hospitalsND$858Minnesota: median $598 across 51 hospitalsMN$598Illinois: median $1,368 across 69 hospitalsIL$1,368Wisconsin: median $405 across 68 hospitalsWI$405Michigan: median $829 across 52 hospitalsMI$829New York: median $790 across 77 hospitalsNY$790Massachusetts: median $1,154 across 27 hospitalsMA$1,154Oregon: median $1,040 across 31 hospitalsOR$1,040Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $326 across 30 hospitalsIA$326Indiana: median $528 across 47 hospitalsIN$528Ohio: median $1,542 across 85 hospitalsOH$1,542Pennsylvania: median $824 across 85 hospitalsPA$824New Jersey: median $891 across 45 hospitalsNJ$891Connecticut: median $1,263 across 15 hospitalsCT$1,263Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,621 across 116 hospitalsCA$1,621Utah: median $401 across 24 hospitalsUT$401Colorado: median $896 across 31 hospitalsCO$896Nebraska: median $384 across 34 hospitalsNE$384Missouri: median $1,240 across 28 hospitalsMO$1,240Kentucky: median $773 across 21 hospitalsKY$773West Virginia: median $429 across 21 hospitalsWV$429Virginia: median $1,428 across 29 hospitalsVA$1,428Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,709 across 16 hospitalsAZ$3,709New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $363 across 26 hospitalsKS$363Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $392 across 15 hospitalsTN$392North Carolina: median $1,341 across 35 hospitalsNC$1,341South Carolina: median $1,655 across 19 hospitalsSC$1,655Oklahoma: median $160 across 22 hospitalsOK$160Louisiana: median $777 across 22 hospitalsLA$777Mississippi: median $379 across 24 hospitalsMS$379Alabama: median $622 across 16 hospitalsAL$622Georgia: median $1,833 across 34 hospitalsGA$1,833Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,203 across 100 hospitalsTX$1,203Florida: median $1,744 across 83 hospitalsFL$1,744
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $869. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ16$3,709+327%$856 – $3,709
Georgia GA34$1,833+111%$644 – $4,061
Florida FL83$1,744+101%$1,086 – $3,119
South Carolina SC19$1,655+90%$211 – $1,762
California CA116$1,621+87%$640 – $2,587
Ohio OH85$1,542+77%$622 – $3,318
Idaho ID13$1,477+70%$275 – $1,858
Virginia VA29$1,428+64%$486 – $1,997
Illinois IL69$1,368+57%$398 – $2,592
North Carolina NC35$1,341+54%$259 – $2,767
Connecticut CT15$1,263+45%$425 – $2,145
Missouri MO28$1,240+43%$191 – $2,160
Alaska AK10$1,219+40%$869 – $2,778
Texas TX100$1,203+38%$750 – $1,707
Massachusetts MA27$1,154+33%$727 – $2,057
Oregon OR31$1,040+20%$247 – $1,726
Colorado CO31$896+3%$525 – $2,004
New Jersey NJ45$891+2%$739 – $4,627
Washington WA51$885+2%$361 – $1,694
North Dakota ND10$858−1%$359 – $905
Michigan MI52$829−5%$175 – $2,442
Pennsylvania PA85$824−5%$472 – $1,458
New York NY77$790−9%$315 – $1,522
Louisiana LA22$777−11%$392 – $974
Kentucky KY21$773−11%$360 – $3,100
Alabama AL16$622−28%$420 – $1,335
Minnesota MN51$598−31%$202 – $1,393
Indiana IN47$528−39%$263 – $2,072
West Virginia WV21$429−51%$133 – $802
Wisconsin WI68$405−53%$334 – $1,091
Utah UT24$401−54%$329 – $491
Tennessee TN15$392−55%$140 – $872
Nebraska NE34$384−56%$242 – $835
Mississippi MS24$379−56%$294 – $650
Kansas KS26$363−58%$165 – $1,256
Maine ME18$359−59%$92 – $697
Iowa IA30$326−62%$174 – $1,293
Montana MT13$242−72%$136 – $863
Oklahoma OK22$160−82%$160 – $955
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $869.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,265$1,007$398 – $2,215
Children’s34$581$202 – $1,603
Critical access278$392$191 – $1,057
Ownership
For-profit135$1,125$503 – $2,554
Government221$644$234 – $1,584
Non-profit1,221$886$334 – $2,018
System affiliation
Part of a system1,334$889$359 – $2,072
Independent251$684$242 – $1,602

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,672
Median cash price$869
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,179 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $973 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,056; most fall between $340 and $2,016.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,179 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$211$410$973$1,833$2,862

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($211 vs $2,862).

Of the 1,267 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,179 gave a usable cash price; 34 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 54 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,585 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (40%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,718 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,585
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here69
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded58
Hospitals that filed this code1,718

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other non-OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Change Cystostomy Tube Complicated.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Complicated change of a bladder drainage tube (CPT 51710) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-51710-complicated-change-of-a-bladder-drainage-tube