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Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop

West 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 October 2026.

How much does Cervical Conization With An Electrical Loop cost?

$1,568

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,568 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$245 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$309 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $257 to $14,125Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $214 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,259professional $309

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,737.80
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$19,952.62
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 47th of 51

$1,568

$309 physician + $1,259 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.