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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 July 2026.

How much does Placement Of A Cervical Dilator cost?

$496

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $496 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $398 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$97.72$51.29 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$398$120 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $52 to $9,772Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $44 to $380
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $398professional $98

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
$50.12
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$138.04

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$496

$97.72 physician + $398 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.