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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Nebraska 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?

$10,856

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,856 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$2,344$1,230 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$3,236 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $6,761
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $2,344

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$10,471.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 6th of 50

$10,856

$2,344 physician + $8,511 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.