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Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop

Colorado 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?

$4,894

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,894 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$324$269 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,479 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $331 to $8,318Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $240 to $851
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,571professional $324

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
$281.84
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69

Where Colorado 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 feeColorado $4,894 · 11th 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.