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Creating a Vagina Without a Graft

Ohio 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$417 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$1,000 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $741 to $10,000Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $91 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $501

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
$3,162.28
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,786.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$120.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 49th of 51

$537

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.