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Placement Of A Cervical Dilator

Maryland 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?

$91.20

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $67.61 to $138.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $74 to $617Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $44 to $186
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $129professional $81

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$186.21
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$213.80
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
$19.95
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.96

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Minnesota 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.

Maryland· 35th of 51

$91.20

MN $219KY $61.66

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.