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Laparoscopic Tubal Sterilization by Cauterization

Iowa rates for HCPCS 58670

This is a minimally invasive surgery to permanently prevent pregnancy by sealing off the fallopian tubes. Working through small incisions with a camera-guided instrument, the surgeon uses heat energy to close off each tube, sometimes cutting them as well, so an egg can no longer travel to the uterus. It's a form of permanent sterilization, commonly known as having your tubes tied.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laparoscopic Tubal Sterilization by Cauterization cost?

$6,493

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,493 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$372 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,548 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $813 to $13,490Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,291
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $468

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
$933.25
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,071.52
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$15,848.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 23.3 times more in Indiana 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

Iowa· 18th of 51

$6,493

$468 physician + $6,026 facility

IN $18,634ME $798

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.