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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Minnesota 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?

$8,149

Typical total for the visit. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,149 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,020 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$3,020$2,239 to $4,074
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$3,548 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $17,378Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $4,898
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,129professional $3,020

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$26,302.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,888.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,549.93
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 12.0 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

Minnesota· 13th of 50

$8,149

$3,020 physician + $5,129 facility

ME $21,236MD $1,776

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.