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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Massachusetts 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?

$4,276

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,276 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$1,585$1,318 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,318 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $741 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $3,548
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $1,585

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
$1,318.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,388.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,862.09
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 34th of 50

$4,276

$1,585 physician + $2,692 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.