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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Kansas 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?

$5,290

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,290 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$1,660$1,445 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,660 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $692 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $2,512
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,631professional $1,660

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
$1,737.80
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Kansas sits

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 feeKansas $5,290 · 23rd of 50
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.