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Creating a Vagina Without a Graft

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 57291

Surgery that creates a vaginal canal using the surrounding tissues, without taking a graft from elsewhere on the body. A space is opened between the bladder and rectum and lined with local tissue so the canal stays open as it heals.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Creating a Vagina Without a Graft cost?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$562$490 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,096 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $631 to $10,000Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $437 to $955
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $562

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
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$109.65
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,311.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
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
$239.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$446.68

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Oklahoma than in Utah. 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.

Kentucky· 44th of 51

$631

OK $2,951UT $355

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.