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Placing Adjustable Balloons for Urine Leakage

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 53451

Placement of small adjustable balloons alongside the urethra to support it and reduce urine leakage. They go in through a needle puncture rather than an open cut, and each connects to a small port under the skin so the amount of fluid inside can be changed afterwards. It is used for leakage on coughing, laughing or exertion when simpler measures have not worked.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing Adjustable Balloons for Urine Leakage cost?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$891$776 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$5,888 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $21,380Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $891

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
$4,786.30
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$36,307.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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.

Connecticut· 18th of 51

$1,288

CA $7,943ND $708

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.