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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

New York 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?

$5,697

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,697 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,096 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$1,778 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $1,230

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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,466.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,290.87
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,786.30
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,168.69
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,862.09
15 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$162.18
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$223.87
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$199.53
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where New York 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 York· 10th of 51

$5,697

$1,230 physician + $4,467 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.