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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

New Hampshire 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?

$15,272

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,272 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $13,183 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$2,089$1,380 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$13,183$5,623 to $21,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,183 · 10th to 90th $5,129 to $23,988Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $3,548
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $13,183professional $2,089

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
$100.00
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$24,547.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,801.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 3rd of 50

$15,272

$2,089 physician + $13,183 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.