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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic procedures, female organs

Incision into the vagina to examine the pelvis

CPT 57000the billing code this page is about

A cut made through the vaginal wall so the surgeon can look at and explore the pelvic space behind it.

Hospitals typically charge $2,789 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 467 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,370. Most fall between $383 and $5,065 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
467
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 467 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$301$484$2,789$4,446$6,847

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($301 vs $6,847).

How the prices are spread

$211 – $307: 27 hospitals$211$307 – $447: 59 hospitals$447 – $651: 41 hospitals$447$651 – $948: 47 hospitals$948 – $1,381: 9 hospitals$948$1,381 – $2,011: 8 hospitals$2,011 – $2,930: 36 hospitals$2,011$2,930 – $4,267: 91 hospitals$4,267 – $6,216: 51 hospitals$4,267$6,216 – $9,055: 62 hospitals$6,216median $2,789price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (431 of 467 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$211$30727
$307$44759
$447$65141
$651$94847
$948$1,3819
$1,381$2,0118
$2,011$2,93036
$2,930$4,26791
$4,267$6,21651
$6,216$9,05562

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,307
Median cash price$2,789
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.84×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,789.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $5,907 across 20 hospitalsWA$5,907Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $350 across 11 hospitalsIL$350Wisconsin: median $790 across 22 hospitalsWI$790Michigan: median $790 across 13 hospitalsMI$790New York: median $3,307 across 28 hospitalsNY$3,307Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $491 across 26 hospitalsOR$491Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $490 across 19 hospitalsIA$490Indiana: median $565 across 11 hospitalsIN$565Ohio: median $785 across 14 hospitalsOH$785Pennsylvania: median $2,431 across 20 hospitalsPA$2,431New Jersey: median $4,188 across 24 hospitalsNJ$4,188Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,446 across 65 hospitalsCA$4,446Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $211 across 10 hospitalsWV$211Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $335 across 12 hospitalsOK$335Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,761 across 55 hospitalsTX$3,761Florida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,789. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Washington WA20$5,907+112%$459 – $6,280
California CA65$4,446+59%$2,884 – $9,055
New Jersey NJ24$4,188+50%$3,519 – $5,855
Texas TX55$3,761+35%$2,789 – $4,097
New York NY28$3,307+19%$498 – $3,763
Pennsylvania PA20$2,431−13%$130 – $5,991
Michigan MI13$790−72%$295 – $4,451
Wisconsin WI22$790−72%$764 – $790
Ohio OH14$785−72%$428 – $4,088
Indiana IN11$565−80%$301 – $3,055
Oregon OR26$491−82%$383 – $6,520
Iowa IA19$490−82%$490 – $568
Illinois IL11$350−87%$301 – $490
Oklahoma OK12$335−88%$335 – $335
West Virginia WV10$211−92%$203 – $545
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,789.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care372$3,157$459 – $5,565
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access86$610$325 – $3,222
Ownership
For-profit40$2,346$349 – $4,670
Government63$1,109$380 – $3,763
Non-profit363$2,789$383 – $5,565
System affiliation
Part of a system381$3,055$435 – $5,741
Independent86$590$358 – $3,468

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,365
Median cash price$2,789
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

328 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,789 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,434; most fall between $386 and $5,756.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 328 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$335$490$2,789$4,446$7,011

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($335 vs $7,011).

Of the 345 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 328 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 4 a list price only.

How complete is this

467 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 504 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted467
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here32
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code504

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic procedures, female organs family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Colpotomy W/Exploration.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Incision into the vagina to examine the pelvis (CPT 57000) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-57000-incision-into-the-vagina-to-examine-the-pelvis