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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 October 2026.

How much does Placement Of A Cervical Dilator cost?

$1,034

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,034 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $79.43 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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$79.43$51.29 to $95.50
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$372 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,047Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $44 to $182
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $955professional $79

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
12
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$102.33
5 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
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$18.20

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 16.4 times more in Connecticut than in Kentucky. 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· 9th of 51

$1,034

$79.43 physician + $955 facility

CT $2,728KY $166

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.