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Creating a Vagina Without a Graft

Minnesota 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?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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$1,175$891 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$1,000 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $501 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,188
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,585professional $1,175

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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,089.30
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$1,259

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.