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Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop

North Carolina 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?

$3,985

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,985 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$295 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$407 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $302 to $6,918Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $251 to $977
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,548professional $437

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
$302.00
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where North Carolina 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 feeNorth Carolina $3,985 · 21st 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.