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Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop

Virginia 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?

$3,567

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,567 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$331$269 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$417 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $302 to $8,128Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $229 to $575
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,236professional $331

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
$346.74
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$549.54

Where Virginia 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 feeVirginia $3,567 · 26th 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.