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Removal Or Revision Of A Male Urinary Sling

Louisiana 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?

$4,564

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,564 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$1,096$871 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,549 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $776 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,096

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
$446.68
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,318.26
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$912.01

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$4,564

$1,096 physician + $3,467 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.