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Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop

Iowa 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?

$3,653

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,653 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$339 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$676 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $501 to $7,244Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $562

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
$501.19
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 24th of 51

$3,653

$562 physician + $3,090 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.