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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 October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter cost?

$2,843

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,843 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,820$1,380 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$724 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $363 to $3,311Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $933 to $10,965
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $1,820

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,168.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,801.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,754.40
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 33rd of 51

$2,843

$1,820 physician + $1,023 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.