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Replacement Of Artificial Urinary Sphincter

West 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?

$2,174

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,174 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $437 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,738$1,202 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$437$234 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,413Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $3,890
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $437professional $1,738

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,258.93
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where West 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

West Virginia· 47th of 51

$2,174

$1,738 physician + $437 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.