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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Alabama 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 October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter cost?

$9,242

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,242 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,259 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$617 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $417 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,512
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $7,762professional $1,479

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
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
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 13.1 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

Alabama· 5th of 51

$9,242

$1,479 physician + $7,762 facility

ME $24,687MD $1,882

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.