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Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop

Illinois 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?

$3,634

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,634 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$398$282 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,072 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $302 to $8,511Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $240 to $661
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $398

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
$302.00
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,412.54
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 25th of 51

$3,634

$398 physician + $3,236 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.