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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Maryland 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?

$1,349

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,288 to $1,698.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $427 to $427Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $427professional $1,349

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,760.83
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,467.37
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,754.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in California than in Pennsylvania. 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$1,349

CA $7,586PA $1,349

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.