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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 July 2026.

How much does Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter cost?

$7,103

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,103 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$1,479$1,230 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$2,884 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,548
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $1,479

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
$1,479.11
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$37,153.52
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,754.40
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,454.71
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,073.80
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where New York 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 York· 15th of 50

$7,103

$1,479 physician + $5,623 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.