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Creating a Vagina Without a Graft

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Creating a Vagina Without a Graft cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $10,000 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$603$550 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,000$3,236 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $603 to $21,878Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,096
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $10,000professional $603

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

South Carolina· 48th of 51

$603

CA $7,586WV $537

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.