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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 October 2026.

How much does Placement Of A Cervical Dilator cost?

$589

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $64.57 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 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$64.57$50.12 to $102
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$110 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $59 to $3,981Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $43 to $145
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $525professional $65

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
$81.28
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$154.88
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
$21.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.96

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 18th of 51

$589

$64.57 physician + $525 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.