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Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop

Alabama rates for HCPCS 57522

Removes a cone-shaped piece of the cervix using a thin wire loop carrying an electric current, which cuts and seals at the same time. It is done to take out abnormal cells found on a smear or colposcopy, and the tissue is examined in the laboratory afterwards. The loop technique is an alternative to cutting the cone out with a scalpel.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop cost?

$2,622

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,622 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$245 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$851 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $347 to $4,365Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $214 to $457
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,291professional $331

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
$269.15
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$426.58

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 12.1 times more in Vermont than in Maine. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlabama $2,622 · 37th of 51
VT $8,475ME $702

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.