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Removal Or Revision Of A Male Urinary Sling

Massachusetts 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?

$2,529

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,529 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$851 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$708 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $468 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $575 to $5,370
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $1,148

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
$1,318.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,606.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,630.27
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,606.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,467.37
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
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
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 48th of 51

$2,529

$1,148 physician + $1,380 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.