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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

North Dakota 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?

$3,800

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,800 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,512$1,549 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$1,202 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $3,236
$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $2,512

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
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 40th of 50

$3,800

$2,512 physician + $1,288 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.