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Vaginal Colposcopy With Biopsy

Alabama rates for HCPCS 57421

A doctor uses a magnifying instrument called a colposcope to closely examine the vagina and takes a small tissue sample (biopsy) from an area that looks abnormal. It is used to investigate abnormal findings and obtain tissue for a definite diagnosis.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Vaginal Colposcopy With Biopsy cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $832 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$138 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$692 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,042Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $102 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $832professional $166

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Oklahoma than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alabama· 30th of 51

$195

OK $759DC $151

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.