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Placement Of A Cervical Dilator

Virginia 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?

$1,013

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,013 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $79.43 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$79.43$50.12 to $110
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$81.28 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $50 to $7,079Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $44 to $178
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $933professional $79

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
$75.86
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$79.43
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$158.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$162.18
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$1,659.59
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$144.54

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 28th of 51

$1,013

$79.43 physician + $933 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.