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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Virginia 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?

$5,427

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,427 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$1,288 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,445 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $661 to $17,378Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,188
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $1,445

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
$1,445.44
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$20,417.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,570.40
6 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
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 11th of 51

$5,427

$1,445 physician + $3,981 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.