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Removal Or Revision Of A Male Urinary Sling

South Carolina 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?

$3,407

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,407 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$631 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$794 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $513 to $13,183Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,288
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $776

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
$954.99
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,621.81
11 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
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$194.98

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 34th of 51

$3,407

$776 physician + $2,630 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.