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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,025

Typical total for the visit. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,025 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$1,349$1,230 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$372 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $275 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,138
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $676professional $1,349

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
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,905.46
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,511.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,818.38
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,905.46
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40
10 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
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 49th of 51

$2,025

$1,349 physician + $676 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.