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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 October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter cost?

$4,597

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,597 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,818 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$2,818$2,291 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$603 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $468 to $14,125Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $3,981
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $2,818

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
$1,174.90
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$26,915.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$10,471.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 15th of 51

$4,597

$2,818 physician + $1,778 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.