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Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop

Montana 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?

$866

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $866 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $468 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$398$269 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$437 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $407 to $6,918Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,202
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $468professional $398

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
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95

Where Montana 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

Montana· 49th of 51

$866

$398 physician + $468 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.