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Placement Of A Cervical Dilator

Arkansas 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?

$375

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $375 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $79.43 to the doctor who performs it, and $295 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$79.43$50.12 to $110
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$295$81.28 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $71 to $676Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $46 to $145
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $295professional $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
$50.12
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$154.88
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
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.94

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 35th of 51

$375

$79.43 physician + $295 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.