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Placement Of A Cervical Dilator

Iowa 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?

$443

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $443 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $302 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$141$105 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$302$138 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $105 to $2,291Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $83 to $309
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $302professional $141

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
$194.98
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$295.12
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$223.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$309.03
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
$28.84
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.95

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 30th of 51

$443

$141 physician + $302 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.