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Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop

South Dakota 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?

$1,087

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,087 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 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$562$282 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$372 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $309 to $4,365Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,047
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $525professional $562

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$549.54
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$741.31

Where South Dakota 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 feeSouth Dakota $1,087 · 48th 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.