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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 October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter cost?

$2,435

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,435 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$1,380 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$537 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $363 to $251,189Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,399
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $813professional $1,622

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,398.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 43rd of 51

$2,435

$1,622 physician + $813 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.