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Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop

Delaware 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?

$2,879

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,879 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$251 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$309 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $240 to $8,913Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $234 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $309

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
$239.88
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 12.1 times more in Vermont than in Maine. 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

Delaware· 34th of 51

$2,879

$309 physician + $2,570 facility

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.