Overactive bladder

Overactive bladder care at Mayo Clinic

Your Mayo Clinic care team

Mayo Clinic has doctors who specialize in overactive bladder. They have extra training in bladder and urinary function and may see only people with overactive bladder. As a result, they have extensive expertise in treating overactive bladder, including fixing treatments done elsewhere that failed.

Advanced diagnosis and treatment

Mayo physicians are leaders in clinical research that enhances the capability to offer the most advanced diagnosis and treatment available.

Specialty services offered through urology and urogynecology include:

• Botox injections of the urinary tract.
• Overactive bladder diagnosis and treatment.
• Management of mesh complications.
• Minimally invasive injection therapies.
• Neuromodulation for the urinary tract.
• Pelvic organ prolapse with or without incontinence diagnosis and treatment.
• Stress urinary incontinence diagnosis and treatment.
• Urge urinary incontinence diagnosis and treatment.
• Urodynamic evaluation.

Expertise and rankings

Mayo Clinic's experts in overactive bladder treat more than 1,700 people with the condition each year.

• Teamwork. Because of their experience and Mayo Clinic's system, Mayo Clinic specialists can quickly and efficiently diagnose your condition and offer treatment. It's possible to have an evaluation one day and corrective surgery the next, if that's what you want. If an evaluation finds other medical conditions, you can get an appointment quickly with a healthcare professional who specializes in that condition.
• The latest research. As a research institution, Mayo Clinic researchers are always studying how to improve the diagnosis and treatment of overactive bladder. You benefit from those treated before you. And your treatment adds to new knowledge for the future.

Locations, travel and lodging

Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states.

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Costs and insurance

Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people.

In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.

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Please contact your insurance company to verify medical coverage and to obtain any needed authorization prior to your visit. Often, your insurer's customer service number is printed on the back of your insurance card.