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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 October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter cost?

$24,687

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24,687 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $22,909 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,778$1,549 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$22,909$18,197 to $23,442

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22,909 · 10th to 90th $708 to $23,442Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $22,909professional $1,778

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18,197.01
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,344.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
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
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Maine 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

Maine· 1st of 51

$24,687

$1,778 physician + $22,909 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.