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Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop

Louisiana 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?

$2,969

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,969 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$288 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,122 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $457 to $7,762Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $229 to $525
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,630professional $339

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
$363.08
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 12.1 times more in Vermont than in Maine. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeLouisiana $2,969 · 33rd of 51
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.