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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 53448

Surgery to remove a failed or infected artificial urinary sphincter and put a new one in during the same operation. The device has a cuff around the urine tube, a control pump and a fluid reservoir, and it keeps the urine tube closed until the patient presses the pump.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter cost?

$7,751

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,751 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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 65 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$1,288 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$2,344 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $16,982Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $3,631
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $6,166professional $1,585

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$20,892.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,090.30

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 12.0 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
ME $21,236MD $1,776

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.