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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

South Carolina 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?

$2,292

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,292 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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$1,380$1,047 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$447 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $316 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $158 to $2,188
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $912professional $1,380

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
$1,548.82
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,630.27
11 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
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$2,292

$1,380 physician + $912 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.