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Replacing An Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Georgia rates for HCPCS 53447

Takes out an implanted artificial urinary sphincter — the cuff around the urine channel, the fluid reservoir and the pump — and puts a complete new system in its place. It is done when the existing device has failed, leaked, eroded into tissue or become infected. The new device is normally left switched off for a period so the tissues can heal before it is activated.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Replacing An Artificial Urinary Sphincter cost?

$5,589

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$1,122$933 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$1,000 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $427 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,138
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $1,122

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
$831.76
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$24,547.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
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
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 15.7 times more in Alaska 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

Georgia· 40th of 51

$5,589

$1,122 physician + $4,467 facility

AK $30,778HI $1,955

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.