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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Arizona 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?

$4,681

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,681 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$1,445$1,259 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,950 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $3,236
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $1,445

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
$2,041.74
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 29th of 50

$4,681

$1,445 physician + $3,236 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.