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Placement Of A Cervical Dilator

South Carolina 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?

$669

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $669 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $93.33 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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$93.33$60.26 to $123
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$145 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,738Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $50 to $170
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $575professional $93

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
$50.12
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$120.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$120.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$138.04
6 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
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$89.13

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 14th of 51

$669

$93.33 physician + $575 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.