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Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop

Minnesota 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?

$2,922

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,922 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$631$457 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$562 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $282 to $7,413Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $631

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
$234.42
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.20

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 17th of 51

$2,922

$631 physician + $2,291 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.