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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Michigan 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?

$6,446

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,446 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$1,660$1,514 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$631 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $372 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $1,905
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $1,660

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
$1,659.59
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,073.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,137.96
12 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
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 9th of 51

$6,446

$1,660 physician + $4,786 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.