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Creating A Vagina Using A Tissue Graft

Iowa rates for HCPCS 57292

Surgery that creates a vaginal canal in someone born without one or who has lost it, using a graft of tissue taken from elsewhere on the body to line the new passage. A mould is normally kept in place afterwards so the new canal holds its shape while it heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Creating A Vagina Using A Tissue Graft cost?

$6,597

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,597 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$1,349$1,000 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$4,266 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,012
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $1,349

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
$1,000.00
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,344.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,943.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 10.1 times more in Indiana 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 20th of 50

$6,597

$1,349 physician + $5,248 facility

IN $16,048WV $1,589

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.