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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Alaska 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?

$6,811

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,811 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$4,467$2,818 to $6,026
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,549 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $9,772Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $8,318
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $4,467

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$8,317.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,912.51
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,943.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$8,317.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.0 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 17th of 50

$6,811

$4,467 physician + $2,344 facility

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.