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Removal Or Revision Of A Male Urinary Sling

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 53442

Surgery to take out or adjust a sling that was previously placed to control urine leakage in a man. The sling is exposed through an incision between the scrotum and the anus, then removed or repositioned and re-tensioned. It is done when the sling is too tight, too loose, infected, or eroding into tissue.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Or Revision Of A Male Urinary Sling cost?

$6,726

Typical total for the visit. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,726 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$977 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$3,090 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $851 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $1,230

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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,995.26
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
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
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Oklahoma than in Hawaii. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Connecticut· 7th of 51

$6,726

$1,230 physician + $5,495 facility

OK $9,757HI $1,932

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.