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Procedure price report · Other excision of cervix and uterus

Cone removal of cervix by scalpel or laser

CPT 57520the billing code this page is about

A cone-shaped piece of the cervix is cut out with a blade or laser, with or without scraping of the uterine lining and with or without stitched repair.

Hospitals typically charge $2,668 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 918 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,754. Most fall between $645 and $6,280 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
918
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 918 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$494$766$2,668$5,269$9,794

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($494 vs $9,794).

How the prices are spread

$368 – $526: 66 hospitals$368$526 – $753: 114 hospitals$753 – $1,077: 94 hospitals$753$1,077 – $1,542: 56 hospitals$1,542 – $2,206: 51 hospitals$1,542$2,206 – $3,157: 75 hospitals$3,157 – $4,518: 134 hospitals$3,157$4,518 – $6,466: 110 hospitals$6,466 – $9,253: 67 hospitals$6,466$9,253 – $13,243: 63 hospitals$9,253median $2,668price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (830 of 918 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$368$52666
$526$753114
$753$1,07794
$1,077$1,54256
$1,542$2,20651
$2,206$3,15775
$3,157$4,518134
$4,518$6,466110
$6,466$9,25367
$9,253$13,24363

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,307
Median cash price$2,668
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.81×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,668.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $806 across 20 hospitalsWA$806Idaho: median $8,592 across 11 hospitalsID$8,592Montana: median $818 across 11 hospitalsMT$818North Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,082 across 36 hospitalsMN$1,082Illinois: median $1,037 across 34 hospitalsIL$1,037Wisconsin: median $1,212 across 49 hospitalsWI$1,212Michigan: median $856 across 43 hospitalsMI$856New York: median $3,763 across 60 hospitalsNY$3,763Massachusetts: median $5,114 across 11 hospitalsMA$5,114Oregon: median $674 across 21 hospitalsOR$674Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $826 across 38 hospitalsIA$826Indiana: median $2,099 across 35 hospitalsIN$2,099Ohio: median $3,578 across 45 hospitalsOH$3,578Pennsylvania: median $3,309 across 40 hospitalsPA$3,309New Jersey: median $4,243 across 35 hospitalsNJ$4,243Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,903 across 61 hospitalsCA$4,903Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $792 across 12 hospitalsCO$792Nebraska: median $826 across 13 hospitalsNE$826Missouri: median $3,860 across 22 hospitalsMO$3,860Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $2,862 across 19 hospitalsWV$2,862Virginia: median $7,550 across 12 hospitalsVA$7,550Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $750 across 19 hospitalsKS$750Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $3,136 across 13 hospitalsTN$3,136North Carolina: median $2,391 across 12 hospitalsNC$2,391South Carolina: median $5,664 across 11 hospitalsSC$5,664Oklahoma: median $580 across 20 hospitalsOK$580Louisiana: median $3,518 across 20 hospitalsLA$3,518Mississippi: median $3,348 across 12 hospitalsMS$3,348Alabama: median $4,584 across 12 hospitalsAL$4,584Georgia: median $5,507 across 14 hospitalsGA$5,507Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,235 across 42 hospitalsTX$3,235Florida: median $4,318 across 16 hospitalsFL$4,318
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,668. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID11$8,592+222%$3,000 – $8,592
Virginia VA12$7,550+183%$3,170 – $10,812
South Carolina SC11$5,664+112%$4,210 – $10,326
Georgia GA14$5,507+106%$3,231 – $7,295
Massachusetts MA11$5,114+92%$2,441 – $6,589
California CA61$4,903+84%$3,242 – $9,794
Alabama AL12$4,584+72%$3,199 – $8,717
Florida FL16$4,318+62%$1,069 – $9,061
New Jersey NJ35$4,243+59%$3,522 – $5,339
Missouri MO22$3,860+45%$498 – $12,300
New York NY60$3,763+41%$800 – $4,943
Ohio OH45$3,578+34%$1,069 – $14,319
Louisiana LA20$3,518+32%$1,982 – $5,684
Mississippi MS12$3,348+25%$2,520 – $8,281
Pennsylvania PA40$3,309+24%$217 – $5,755
Texas TX42$3,235+21%$2,068 – $6,255
Tennessee TN13$3,136+18%$286 – $4,285
West Virginia WV19$2,862+7%$309 – $4,727
North Carolina NC12$2,391−10%$1,856 – $7,595
Indiana IN35$2,099−21%$578 – $5,066
Wisconsin WI49$1,212−55%$588 – $2,523
Minnesota MN36$1,082−59%$655 – $2,020
Illinois IL34$1,037−61%$578 – $6,214
Michigan MI43$856−68%$368 – $4,487
Nebraska NE13$826−69%$571 – $2,519
Iowa IA38$826−69%$631 – $1,200
Montana MT11$818−69%$441 – $1,063
Washington WA20$806−70%$563 – $5,908
Colorado CO12$792−70%$664 – $2,961
Kansas KS19$750−72%$522 – $3,086
Oregon OR21$674−75%$645 – $1,019
Oklahoma OK20$580−78%$580 – $5,878
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,668.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care695$3,663$804 – $7,238
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access216$856$542 – $2,111
Ownership
For-profit97$4,903$1,707 – $8,971
Government162$1,354$591 – $4,613
Non-profit657$2,570$645 – $5,991
System affiliation
Part of a system715$3,184$674 – $6,705
Independent203$1,126$539 – $5,065

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,087
Median cash price$2,668
Cash as a share of list, median hospital61%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 39%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

444 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,298 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,799; most fall between $562 and $4,581.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 444 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$401$580$1,298$3,820$6,891

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($401 vs $6,891).

Of the 491 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 444 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 23 a list price only.

How complete is this

918 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (23%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,010 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted918
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here56
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded7
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded29
Hospitals that filed this code1,010

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other excision of cervix and uterus family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Conization Cervix W/WO D&C Rpr Knife/Laser.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Cone removal of cervix by scalpel or laser (CPT 57520) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-57520-cone-removal-of-cervix-by-scalpel-or-laser