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Placement Of A Cervical Dilator

Alabama rates for HCPCS 59200

A device or medication is placed into the cervix to help it gradually soften and open over several hours, most often done before a labor induction or a procedure that requires access through the cervix. This is typically a quick office or hospital procedure done ahead of the main planned procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement Of A Cervical Dilator cost?

$1,068

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,068 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $91.20 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$91.20$54.95 to $120
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$692 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,622Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $40 to $182
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $977professional $91

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$112.20

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 24.1 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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

Alabama· 27th of 51

$1,068

$91.20 physician + $977 facility

NJ $4,548WV $189

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.