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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

New Mexico 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?

$3,484

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,484 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$1,622$1,349 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,585 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $417 to $3,311Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $3,020
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $1,622

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,311.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 45th of 50

$3,484

$1,622 physician + $1,862 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.