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Procedure price report · Genitourinary incontinence procedures

Sling surgery for urine leakage

CPT 57288the billing code this page is about

Placement of a sling of tissue or synthetic material to support the urine tube and reduce leakage with coughing, laughing, or activity.

Hospitals typically charge $4,173 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 916 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,586. Most fall between $1,540 and $9,496 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
916
States
50
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 916 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
$1,161$1,743$4,173$8,561$18,714

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,161 vs $18,714).

How the prices are spread

$790 – $1,117: 38 hospitals$790$1,117 – $1,580: 122 hospitals$1,580 – $2,234: 114 hospitals$1,580$2,234 – $3,159: 68 hospitals$3,159 – $4,467: 91 hospitals$3,159$4,467 – $6,318: 106 hospitals$6,318 – $8,934: 119 hospitals$6,318$8,934 – $12,634: 69 hospitals$12,634 – $17,866: 48 hospitals$12,634$17,866 – $25,265: 51 hospitals$17,866median $4,173price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (826 of 916 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$790$1,11738
$1,117$1,580122
$1,580$2,234114
$2,234$3,15968
$3,159$4,46791
$4,467$6,318106
$6,318$8,934119
$8,934$12,63469
$12,634$17,86648
$17,866$25,26551

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,111
Median cash price$4,173
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.82×

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 $4,173.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $1,358 across 10 hospitalsNH$1,358Washington: median $1,788 across 20 hospitalsWA$1,788Idaho: median $5,721 across 16 hospitalsID$5,721Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,358 across 39 hospitalsMN$2,358Illinois: median $3,240 across 31 hospitalsIL$3,240Wisconsin: median $3,529 across 39 hospitalsWI$3,529Michigan: median $2,116 across 43 hospitalsMI$2,116New York: median $5,842 across 62 hospitalsNY$5,842Massachusetts: median $7,736 across 10 hospitalsMA$7,736Oregon: median $1,404 across 22 hospitalsOR$1,404Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,875 across 43 hospitalsIA$1,875Indiana: median $3,037 across 29 hospitalsIN$3,037Ohio: median $9,464 across 37 hospitalsOH$9,464Pennsylvania: median $7,666 across 19 hospitalsPA$7,666New Jersey: median $5,469 across 35 hospitalsNJ$5,469Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $7,056 across 65 hospitalsCA$7,056Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,193 across 18 hospitalsCO$2,193Nebraska: median $1,791 across 22 hospitalsNE$1,791Missouri: median $7,103 across 31 hospitalsMO$7,103Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $2,040 across 21 hospitalsWV$2,040Virginia: median $6,273 across 15 hospitalsVA$6,273Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,925 across 19 hospitalsKS$2,925Arkansas: median $2,944 across 11 hospitalsAR$2,944Tennessee: median $6,102 across 16 hospitalsTN$6,102North Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $9,306 across 12 hospitalsSC$9,306Oklahoma: median $1,570 across 17 hospitalsOK$1,570Louisiana: median $7,478 across 16 hospitalsLA$7,478Mississippi: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $4,464 across 14 hospitalsAL$4,464Georgia: median $4,868 across 18 hospitalsGA$4,868Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,553 across 38 hospitalsTX$5,553Florida: median $12,277 across 19 hospitalsFL$12,277
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,173. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL19$12,277+194%$3,469 – $22,431
Ohio OH37$9,464+127%$1,745 – $28,257
South Carolina SC12$9,306+123%$8,793 – $23,788
Massachusetts MA10$7,736+85%$2,441 – $10,893
Pennsylvania PA19$7,666+84%$3,703 – $12,647
Louisiana LA16$7,478+79%$4,582 – $9,714
Missouri MO31$7,103+70%$1,267 – $17,234
California CA65$7,056+69%$2,364 – $7,666
Virginia VA15$6,273+50%$3,286 – $16,515
Tennessee TN16$6,102+46%$675 – $8,622
New York NY62$5,842+40%$1,533 – $9,188
Idaho ID16$5,721+37%$1,759 – $11,723
Texas TX38$5,553+33%$3,081 – $11,947
New Jersey NJ35$5,469+31%$4,881 – $6,587
Georgia GA18$4,868+17%$1,698 – $11,148
Alabama AL14$4,464+7%$2,070 – $19,754
Wisconsin WI39$3,529−15%$2,250 – $6,398
Illinois IL31$3,240−22%$1,540 – $25,746
Indiana IN29$3,037−27%$1,540 – $20,275
Arkansas AR11$2,944−29%$2,472 – $5,037
Kansas KS19$2,925−30%$1,020 – $7,404
Minnesota MN39$2,358−43%$1,369 – $4,267
Colorado CO18$2,193−47%$1,202 – $13,509
Michigan MI43$2,116−49%$1,631 – $9,125
West Virginia WV21$2,040−51%$819 – $4,614
Iowa IA43$1,875−55%$1,622 – $3,372
Nebraska NE22$1,791−57%$1,474 – $4,729
Washington WA20$1,788−57%$1,323 – $5,582
Oklahoma OK17$1,570−62%$1,570 – $14,371
Oregon OR22$1,404−66%$1,364 – $2,154
New Hampshire NH10$1,358−67%$1,170 – $3,282
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $4,173.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care673$5,813$1,786 – $12,673
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access232$2,089$1,217 – $4,180
Ownership
For-profit105$8,579$3,529 – $16,675
Government157$2,253$1,332 – $5,842
Non-profit651$4,066$1,540 – $9,188
System affiliation
Part of a system695$5,000$1,698 – $11,148
Independent221$2,253$1,267 – $6,788

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,750
Median cash price$4,173
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 36%. 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

416 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,155 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,055; most fall between $1,264 and $7,112.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 416 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
$782$1,370$2,155$6,334$8,532

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($782 vs $8,532).

Of the 481 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 416 gave a usable cash price; 29 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 36 a list price only.

How complete is this

916 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (23%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,027 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted916
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here67
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded10
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded32
Hospitals that filed this code1,027

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 Genitourinary incontinence procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Sling Operation Stress Incontinence.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Sling surgery for urine leakage (CPT 57288) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-57288-sling-surgery-for-urine-leakage