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Sling Operation For Stress Incontinence

South Carolina 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?

$4,766

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,766 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$166 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$2,512 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $18,197Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,230
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $692

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
$812.83
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
11 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
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$194.98

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 28th of 51

$4,766

$692 physician + $4,074 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.