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Placement Of A Cervical Dilator

Louisiana 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?

$1,194

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,194 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $72.44 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$72.44$53.70 to $107
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$501 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $115 to $3,467Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $44 to $123
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $72

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
$109.65
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$112.20
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$141.25

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 25th of 51

$1,194

$72.44 physician + $1,122 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.