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Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop

Kentucky 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?

$2,519

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,519 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$331$257 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$724 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $380 to $5,370Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $224 to $676
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $331

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
$275.42
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 38th of 51

$2,519

$331 physician + $2,188 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.