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Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop

Maryland 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 October 2026.

How much does Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop cost?

$1,904

Typical total for the visit. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,904 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$282$251 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$891 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,754Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $219 to $589
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,622professional $282

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$512.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$707.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$489.78
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

Maryland· 41st of 51

$1,904

$282 physician + $1,622 facility

AK $4,849MT $864

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.