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Sling Operation For Stress Incontinence

Alabama rates for HCPCS 57288

Places a supportive strip beneath the urethra — the tube that carries urine out of the body — to stop leaking when a person coughs, laughs, sneezes or exercises. The strip acts as a hammock so the urethra stays closed under sudden pressure, and it may be made of synthetic mesh or of the patient's own tissue. It is usually done through a small incision in the vagina.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sling Operation For Stress Incontinence cost?

$5,266

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,266 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$776 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,818 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,266professional $1,000

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
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

Alabama· 23rd of 51

$5,266

$1,000 physician + $4,266 facility

AK $10,099MT $2,245

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.