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Placement Of A Cervical Dilator

Washington, DC 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?

$97.72

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $50.12 to $110.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $44 to $7,762Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $44 to $110
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $87

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
$43.65
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$109.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$245.47

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Oklahoma than in Hawaii. 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.

Washington, DC· 33rd of 51

$97.72

OK $275HI $60.26

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.