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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 October 2026.

How much does Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop cost?

$4,782

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,782 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$417$324 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,239 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $813 to $8,913Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $275 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $417

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$4,782

$417 physician + $4,365 facility

AK $4,849MT $864

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.