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Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop

Maine 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?

$702

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $702 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $363 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$282 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$363$282 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $251 to $5,888Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $251 to $575
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $363professional $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
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,762.47
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69

Where Maine 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

Maine· 51st of 51

$702

$339 physician + $363 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.