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Removal Or Revision Of A Male Urinary Sling

Iowa 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?

$5,679

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,679 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,698$1,175 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,950 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $11,482Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $1,698

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
$1,174.90
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,290.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 9th of 51

$5,679

$1,698 physician + $3,981 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.