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Placement Of A Cervical Dilator

Nebraska 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?

$329

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $329 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $89.13 to the doctor who performs it, and $240 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$89.13$61.66 to $129
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$240$117 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $78 to $4,365Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $49 to $229
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $240professional $89

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
$117.49
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$147.91
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
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
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.75

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 37th of 51

$329

$89.13 physician + $240 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.