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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Colorado 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?

$9,448

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,448 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,862$1,549 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$1,862 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $759 to $15,488Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $1,862

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,454.71
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,398.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,398.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,951.21
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
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 4th of 51

$9,448

$1,862 physician + $7,586 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.