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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 October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter cost?

$3,658

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,658 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$2,399$1,995 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$617 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,778Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,090
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $2,399

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 22nd of 51

$3,658

$2,399 physician + $1,259 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.