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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Maine 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?

$1,738

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,445 to $2,188.

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 $19,498 · 10th to 90th $18,197 to $26,303Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $2,512
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $19,498professional $1,738

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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18,197.01
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$26,302.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,884.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 27th of 51

$1,738

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.